Taxonomy Flashcards
Living things family tree names
Clade
Monophyletic clade
Consists of common ancestor and all descendants.
Paraphyletic Clade
Common ancestor but not all descendants
Polyphyletoc Clade
Includes distantly related descendants but not their common ancestor
The 8 Linnaeen classifications (Large to small)
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Binomial nomenclature system
The system of giving living things a scientific name. First half is genus, second half is unique to each species.
Taxonomic Categories
Monophyletic, Paraphyletic, Polyphyletic
How do the 3 Eukarya kingdoms get nutrients?
Plants: Make sugar from photosynthesis the
Fungi: Takes dissolved nutrients
Anamalia: Eats other organisms
Phogeny
The evolutionary history of a species or group of related species
Taxonomy
The branch concerned with ordered division and naming of organisms
Species organized into specific groups due to shared characteristics, these groups are called…
Taxa
Any level of the taxanomic unit is called a…
Taxon
The two way branch points on a phylogenetic tree
Dichotomies
Evolution definition
The process by which the genetic composition of a population changes over time
