WEEK 13

Question 1

It is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies and name the different plants

Answer 1

PLANT TAXONOMY OR TAXONOMY

Question 2

It is the study of plant classification

Answer 2

PLANT TAXONOMY OR TAXONOMY

Question 3

The term taxonomy was originally coined by

Answer 3

AUGUSTIN PURAMUS DE CANDOLLE

Question 4

The term taxonomy was originally coined by Augustin Puramus de Candolle in

Answer 4

1813

Question 5

It is the science of documenting biodiversity

Answer 5

PLANT TAXONOMY OR TAXONOMY

Question 6

It requires naming, describing or assigning features to a taxon, and identifying species

Answer 6

CLASSIFICATION

Question 7

It describes each level or unit of classification

Answer 7

TAXON OR TAXA

Question 8

It refers to the methods and principles of classification (including naming and describing)

Answer 8

TAXONOMY

Question 9

Is the used in a broader sense to include taxonomy, studies of evolutionary process and studies of phylogeny. It is also called biosystematics.

Answer 9

SYSTEMATICS

Question 10

It is the hereditary relationships of any group of organisms, basically the evolutionary history of each member of the group

Answer 10

PHYLOGENY

Question 11

Also called systematists, scientist who specialize in classification and naming, immediately realized that the most scientifically valid system of assigning names to species would be one that reflected evolutionary relationships

Answer 11

TAXONOMISTS

Question 12

At the end of the 19th century, taxonomists adopted the goals of (1) ________, a system in which closely related organisms are classified together, and (2) __________ on the basis of phylogenetic relationships

Answer 12

1. DEVELOPING A NATURAL SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION
2. ASSIGNING PLANT NAMES

Question 13

Modern taxonomy originated in the mid-1700s when Carl Linnaeus published his multi-volume _________, outlining his new and revolutionary method of classifying and especially, naming living organisms

Answer 13

SYSTEMA NATURAE

Question 14

Approach of Linnaeus where he reduced every single described species to a two-part Latinized name

Answer 14

BINOMIAL NAME

Question 15

Suffix for family

Answer 15

ACEAE

Question 16

Suffix for division/phylum

Answer 16

PHYTA

Question 17

Suffix for order

Answer 17

ALES

Question 18

Suffix for class

Answer 18

OPSIDA

Question 19

The most fundamental level of classification, which ideally and theoretically is a set of individuals closely related by descent from a common ancestor

Answer 19

SPECIES

Question 20

They believe that even relatively distantly related species should be grouped together in large genera

Answer 20

LUMPERS

Question 21

They prefer to have many small genera, each containing only a few species that are extremely closely related

Answer 21

SPLITTERS

Question 22

Scientific name of tomation

Answer 22

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM

Question 23

It refers to a biological classification system that involved the categorization of organisms based on shared traits

Answer 23

CLADISTICS

Question 24

Cladistics analysis and specific methodology first originated in the 1960s by

Answer 24

WILLI HENNIG

Question 25

This process involves creating phylogenies using morphological and molecular data to visualize evolutionary history and relationships between species

Answer 25

PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS

Question 26

It refers to ancestral traits that a taxon retains throughout evolution. Two or more taxa can share plesiomorphies but reside in different groups

Answer 26

PLESIOMORPHY

Question 27

The ability to walk on four legs

Answer 27

QUADRUPEDALISM