TOPIC 3 Taxonomy

Question 1

Toxonomy

Answer 1

the scientific discipline concerned with naming and classifying organisms

Question 2

Nomenclature

Answer 2

a system of rules to name things

Question 3

Problems with common names

Answer 3

different names for the same species because of different languages (horse versus caballo), same name for different species (magpie in North America and Australia), the common name may imply relationship that does not exist (jellyfish, crayfish, silverfish)

Question 4

Linnaean System

Answer 4

2 parted scientific name (binomial) and uses hierarchical classification of species into groups based on the similarity of structures, functions, and other features

Question 5

Binomial classification

Answer 5

• Genus + specific name/epithet

Question 6

Hierarchical classification

Answer 6

classification groups species into increasingly broad categories, based on the degree to which they share characteristics

Question 7

Classification order:

Answer 7

species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain

Question 8

taxon

Answer 8

a taxonomic unit at any level of a hierarchical classification

Question 9

3 broadest levels of classification

Answer 9

Domain Bacteria, Domain Archaea, Domain Eukaryotes