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What is systematics?
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Systematics is the calssification and study of organisms by their natural relationships. |
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What is a taxon?
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domain,kingdom,phylum,class,order,family,genus,species. |
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Who is Carl Linneaus and what did he do?
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Carl Linnaeus is the "the father of taxonomy" His system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms. |
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What is nomenclature?
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s a system for giving names to things within a particular profession or field. |
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What is the order of taxonomic categories?
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1.) kingdom, 2.)phylum ,3.) division,4.) class, 5.)order, 6.)family, 7.)genus, 8.)species. |
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What is the standard for naming new species?
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the standard for naming new species is scientist have to classify the species and find physical characteristics, including variation. |
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What is binomial nomenclature?
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Binomial nomenclature is a system of nomenclature in which each species is given a unique name that consists of a generic and a specific term. |
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How is binomial nomenclature written? What language?
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A binomial nomenclature is written by the binomial names of species are usually typeset in italics, the first part of the binomial, the genus name, is always written with an initial capital letter. |
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What does polyphyletic mean?
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Polyphyletic of a group of organisms,derived from more than one common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group and therefore not suitable for placing in the same taxon. |
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How many Domains are there?
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kingdoms animal, plant, fungi, protist, eubacteria, archaeobacteria |
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What eukaryotic organisms are single celled and have their own kingdom?
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he assumption is that the greater the degree of physical similarity, the closer ... If the latter is the case, then the two species are probably closely related and should ... are anatomical features, of different organisms, that have a similar |
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What eukaryotic organisms are autotrophic and have their own kingdom?
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he assumption is that the greater the degree of physical similarity, the closer ... If the latter is the case, then the two species are probably closely related and should ... are anatomical features, of different organisms, that have a similar |
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What physical characteristics of cells separate plant and animal cells?
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A plasmid is a molecule of DNA that is separate |
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What is evolutionary systematics?
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Evolutionary systematics is a way to determine natural relationships of organisms by studying a group in detail and comparing degree of similarity. |
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What does homology mean?
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Homology is similarity in sequence of a protein or nucleic acid between organisms of the same or different species. |
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What does phylogeny mean?
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Phylogeny is the evolution of a genetically related group of organisms as distinguished from the development of the individual organism |
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Draw a sketch of the fox from the PPT that indicated anatomical direction. Ex. Ventral,Dorasal ect.
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What is a dichotomous key and what is it used for?
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Dichotomous" means "divided into two parts" |
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What is a cladogram and what is it used for?
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Cladograms is illustrate relationships among organisms and evolutionary relationships for organisms with a shared common ancestor. |
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Describe the two methods used to classify animals, physical characteristics/genetics.
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he assumption is that the greater the degree of physical similarity, the closer ... If the latter is the case, then the two species are probably closely related and should ... are anatomical features, of different organisms, that have a similar |
