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What 3 things is classification based on? |
Characteristics, scientific name, two word name |
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What is binomial nomenclature? |
The formal two part system of naming organisms. |
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Aristotle originally classified all livingthings by what? |
Plants and animals |
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How did Aristotle originally classifythose groups? |
Whether they had blood or not, how they breathed |
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Who was the scientist that came up withthe classification system that is currently used today? |
Carolus Linnaeus |
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Name the 7 taxons in order |
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
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What are the 5 Kingdoms of classification? |
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia |
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How are scientific names written? |
First letter of thegene name capitalized, species name lowercase, italicized or underlined |
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What is the definition of adaptation? |
Structure, behavior, or physiological processthat helps an organism survive and reproduce in a certain environment |
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What are the three types of adaptations? Give an example of each. |
Structural-plants adapting to life in the desert Behavioral- migration Physiological-creating venom, hibernation |
S, B, P |
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What is a variation? |
Differences between individuals that may bestructural, functional, or physiological |
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What is natural selection? |
Organisms that are betteradapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring. Itoccurs in nature only |
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What does “survive and thrive” mean? |
The organisms mustsurvive in the environment and reproduce in order for their species to survive |
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What factors lead to natural selection? |
Variation,competition, offspring, genetics |
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Charles Darwin’s 5-year expedition leadhim to what island chain? |
Galapagos |
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What did Darwin believe as part of his theory ofevolution? |
All living organismsevolved from a common ancestor |
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What is descent with modification? |
Individuals are slightly different from one another |
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What is gene pool population? |
The set of all genes, or genetic information, inany population, usually of a particular species |
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What does “survival of the fittest” mean? |
Organisms that can adapt easily will survive |
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What is artificial selection? |
The intentional breeding of plants or animals.Human interaction influences this. |
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What is divergent evolution? |
Interbreeding orspecies diversion into 2 or more descendant species |
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What is a homologous structure? |
Whenvery different animals have bones that appear very similar in form or functionand seem to be related |
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