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Classification Flashcards

1
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Define classification

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The act of arranging organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences

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2
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Why do we classify organisms?

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To make it easier to identify them and study them

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3
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Taxonomy definition

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The study of classification

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4
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How do classification systems work?

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By placing organisms into a taxonomic heirarchy

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5
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What are the 8 levels of taxonomic groups? (in order)

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-Domain
-Kingdom
-Phylum
-Class
-Order
-Family
-Genus
-Species
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6
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What happens to the groups as you move down the heirarchy?

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There are more groups but fewer organisms in each group

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What are the 5 kingdoms in the five kingdom classification system?

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  • Prokaryotae
  • Protoctista
  • Fungi
  • Plantae
  • Animalia
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What are the general features of the Prokaryotae group?

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  • Prokaryotic
  • Unicellular
  • No nucleus
  • Less than 5 nanometers
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What are the general features of the Protoctista group?

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  • Eukaryotic cells
  • Usually live in water
  • Single celled or simple multicellular organisms
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General features of the Fungi group

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  • Eukaryotic cells
  • Chitin cell wall
  • Saprotrophic
  • Single celled or multicellular organisms
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11
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Define saprotrophic

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-Can absorb substances from dead or decaying organisms

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General features of Plantae group

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  • Eukaryotic cells
  • Multicellular
  • Cell walls made of cellulose
  • Can photosynthesise
  • Contain chlorophyll
  • Autotrophic
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General features of Animalia group

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  • Eukaryotic
  • Multicellular
  • No cell walls
  • Heterotrophic
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14
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What is the naming system used for classification called?

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The binomial system

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How does the binomial naming system work?

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  • The first part of the name is the genus name, and has a capital letter
  • The second part of the name is the species, written with a lower case letter
  • Names are always written in italics
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16
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Why is the binomial system used?

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-To help avoid the confusion of using common names, e.g. over 100 different species are called raspberries

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17
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What is phylogeny?

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The study of the evolutionary history of groups of organisms. Tells us who’s related to whom and how closely

18
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What have all organisms evolved from?

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A shared common ancestor

19
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How can the relationship between organisms be shown?

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Phylogenetic tree

20
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On a phylogenetic tree, how can you tell species are closely related?

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How reacently they divereged away from each other e.g. closely related species diverge away from each other most recently

21
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Cladistics

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The method of classifying organisms and taking into account phylogeny when arranging into groups

22
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What was early classification based on?

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Observational features

23
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What is the problem with classifying based purely on observational features?

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Scientists don’t always agree on the relative importance of different features and physical features alone may not show how closely related organisms are

24
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What are the types of evidence that we now use to classify organism?

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  • Molecular evidence
  • Embryological evidence
  • Anatomical evidence
  • Behavioural evidence
25
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Describe molecular evidence for classification

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  • The similarities in proteins and DNA
  • More closely related organisms will have more similar molecules
  • Can compare how DNA is stored, sequence of the bases
  • Can compare sequence of amino acids in proteins
26
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How closely related are human and chimpanzee DNA?

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94% the same

27
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Cytochrome C

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  • A protein used in the process of respiration
  • All living things that respire must have it
  • Not identical in all species
28
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How can cytochrome c be used to identify how closely species are related?

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By identifying and comparing the amino acids in cytochrome c

  • If the sequences are the same=closely related
  • The more differences between the sequences the less closely related the species
29
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Describe embryological evidence for classification

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The similarities in early stages of an organisms development

30
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Describe anatomical evidencs for classification

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The similarities in structure and function of different body parts

31
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Describe structural evidence for classification

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The similarities in behaviour and social organisation of organisms

32
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What can new technology do for classification?

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Can result in new discoveries being made and relationships between organisms being clarifyed

33
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What are the 3 domains?

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  • Eukarya
  • Archaea
  • Bacteria
34
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Which kingdom split to create what 2 domains?

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Prokaryotae split to create Archaea and Bacteria

35
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What do organisms need to have to be in the kingdom of Eukarya?

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A nucleus

36
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Why was the three domains system proposed?

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Because of new molecular evidence that showed large differences between Archaea and Bacteria

37
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What was the evidence that changed the 5 kingdome system?

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  • Molecular evidence that the enzyme RNA polymerase is different in Bacteria and Archaea. Archaea, but not bacteria, have similar histones to Eukarya
  • Cell membrane evidence that the bonds of lipids in cell membranes of bacteria and Archaea are different, the development and composition of flagellae are also different
38
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What is the domain Archaea more closely related to?

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-Eukarya

39
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Define Variation

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The differences that exisit between individuals. Even clones show some variation

40
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What are the 2 types of variation?

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Intraspecific variation and interspecific variaton

41
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Define intraspecific variation

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Variation within species.

42
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Define interspecific variation

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Variation between species

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