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Define biodiversity.
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The # and diversity of living organisms in an area at a specific time.
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Define taxonomy.
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The theories and techniques of describing a grouping, and naming living things.
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Describe what conditions are necessary for organisms to be considered members of the same species.
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Organisms need to be able to reproduce to produce fertile offspring.
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Are horses and donkeys members of the same species? Explain.
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No. They cannot reproduce fertile offspring (mules and hinnies)
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Explain the methods used to determine evolutionary relationships.
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Examining structure, biochemistry, behavior, genes, and ancestry.
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Describe 3 ways that species maintain their distinctness.
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Species canot interbreed to produce fertile offspring (they are sterile), species can be seperated into seperate habitats, or species can meet but not reproduce.
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On what is modern taxonomy based?
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Ancestry
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List the 7 groupings (taxa) in the classification hierarchy in order from the broadest to the most specific.
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.
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Explain how a number of characteristics shared by members of a classification level change as you proceed from species to kingdom.
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They become less.
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Describe binomial nomenclature.
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2 word name - 1st word is genus name and 2nd word is particular species.
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What are the 2 taxa used in the scientific name?
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To distinguish from different species that belong to the same larger group.
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Give 2 reasons why the use of binomial nomenclature is important.
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Can distinguis between animals that have the same common name and Latin is used for worldwide language reasons.
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What language is used in the scientific name?
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Latin
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Name the person who gave us our system of binomial nomenclature.
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Cal von Linne
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Who is the father of taxonomy?
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C. Linnacus
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