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Classification
Biology Ch. 17 Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To put similar organisms in groups | Classify |
| The science of grouping and naming organisms | Taxonomy |
| The largest of the classification categories (that WE use for OUR purposes) | Kingdom |
| Two-name naming system of classification | Binomial Nomenclature |
| A group made up of all the orders of similar species | Class |
| Smallest, most specific classification category | Species |
| An organisms evolutionary history | Phylogeny |
| The great variety of plant and animal species on earth | Diversity |
| Instead of referring to a phylum, in plants, the term ___ is used. | Division |
| Tool to help identify an organism's scientific name | Dichotomous Key |
| Aristotle's classification categories DID NOT have a logical spot for ___________ (frogs) | Amphibians |
| Linnaeus's major contribution to organism classification was ________ | Binomial Nomenclature |
| The first word of an organisms scientific name is the | Genus |
| The second word of an organisms scientific name is the | Species |
| The ______ is always capitalized in the scientific name | Genus |
| When classification is based on phylogeny, scientist look specifically at DNA, fossils, body structures, and _______ _______ | Embryonic Development |
| The OLD kingdom that includes ALL bacteria was referred to as Kingdom ______ | Monera |
| Fungi make their own food (true/false) | False |
| Monera were the first cells on earth (true/false) | True |
| Protists are (eukaryotic/prokaryotic) | Eukaryotic |
| Animals are multi-celled and move independently (true/false) | True |
| A species whose survival is threatened by the cutting down of old growth forests in the US is the | Northern Spotted Owl |
| Scientists communicate best when they use _____ for classifications | Scientific Names |
| The classification system most commonly used today separates organisms into ______ major kingdom | Six |
| Organisms with the same ______ names are more closely related than those with the same phylum name and less closely related than those with the same Order. | Class |
| The Carolina parakeet and the ______ are species that have gone extinct because of human activities | Passenger Pigeon |
| Bacteria are (unicellular/multicellular/both) | Unicellular |
| Protists are (unicellular/multicellular/both) | Both |
| Fungi are (unicellular/multicellular/both) | Both |
| Plants are (unicellular/multicellular/both) | Multicellular |
| Animals are (unicellular/multicellular/both) | Multicellular |
| There can be more than one species in a genus (true/false) | True |
| The word Eukaryote means | True Nucleus |
| The language used for naming organisms is | Latin |
| The scientific name of an organism must either be italicized OR | Underlined |
| The word Prokaryote means | Before Nucleus |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'P' stands for | Phylum |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'O' stands for | Order |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'K' stands for | Kingdom |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'S' stands for | Species |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'C' stands for | Class |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'F' stands for | Family |
| In the saying, "Kings Play Chess On Fuzzy Green Stools" the 'G' stands for | Genus |
| Branching diagram which shows phylogeny or evolutionary history of a species | Cladogram or Phylogenetic tree |
| Diagram that shows how mutations might accumulate over time | Molecular clock |
| An evolutionary geneticist that uses genetic analysis to establish evolutionary relationships | Molecular systematist |
| Feature that varies among members of a group | Character |
| Being similar or equivalent to | Corresponding |
| Historical development of a group of organisms | Evolution |
| Method of classification that uses the order in which organisms diverged from a common ancestor to understand relationships | Cladistics |
| Comes from the Greek word meaning | Ancient or primitive |
| The structure and form of an organism or one of it's partcs | Morphology |
| Coined the term "Tree of Life" and actually illustrated several examples of organisms ancestral trees in his published journal | Ernst Haeckle |
| Used the analogy of a tree to describe his idea that all organisms arose from the very first, common ancestor | Charles Darwin |
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