Unit 10

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

Branch of biology that identifies, names, and classifies species based on their natural relationship

Question 2

Classification

Answer 2

the action or process of organizing something according to shared qualities and characteristics

Question 3

Phylogeny

Answer 3

the relationship between all the organisms on Earth that have descended from a common ancestor

Question 4

Molecular clock

Answer 4

the average rate at which a species’ genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations

Question 5

Cladistics

Answer 5

a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common.

Question 6

Cladogram

Answer 6

a branching diagram showing the grouped relationship between a number of species

Question 7

Kingdom

Answer 7

the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain which includes Bacteria, Archaea, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia

Question 8

Class

Answer 8

taxonomic rank that fits between phylum and order

Question 9

Family

Answer 9

Rank after order but before genus

Question 10

Genus

Answer 10

Rank below family but before species.

Question 11

Characters

Answer 11

Inherited features that vary

Question 12

Binomial nomenclature