10.1-10.8 classification and evolution

Question 1

what are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 1

animals, plants, fungi, prokaryotes and protoctists

Question 2

what are the levels of classification?

Answer 2

kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 3

what is a binomial name?

Answer 3

a unique name for very species written in italics. the first word is their genus and the second is their species

Question 4

what are the three domains in taxonomic grouping?

Answer 4

bacteria, archaea and eukaryota

Question 5

what is a species niche?

Answer 5

its role within the environment

Question 6

what are the three types of adaptions?

Answer 6

anatomical (physical)
behavioural
physiological

Question 7

evidence for evolution

Answer 7

-observations ( e.g charles darwin)
-Fossils
-comparative anatomy
-molecular biology

Question 8

what are the types of variation?

Answer 8

discontinuous and continuous

Question 9

define discontinuous variation

Answer 9

when there are no intermediates- can be represented in a bar chart

Question 10

define continuous variation

Answer 10

when a characteristic can take any value within a range ( e.g height )- can be represented in a histogram

Question 11

what is phylogeny?

Answer 11

study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms