diversity

Question 1

why is diversity important?

Answer 1

for the health of the biosphere and stability

Question 2

what does more diversity lead to?

Answer 2

higher stability because there are more options and alternatives

Question 3

what is taxonomy?

Answer 3

the classification of living things

Question 4

why do we classify?

Answer 4

group organisms in a class and provide specific details to identity organisms and represent relationships between organisms

Question 5

what did Aristotle propose?

Answer 5

that all living things could be arranged in hierarchal order

Question 6

what did Carl Linnaeus propose?

Answer 6

a system based on physical and structural factors

Question 7

when are organisms closer relatives?

Answer 7

the more common features they have

Question 8

how do we classify?

Answer 8

living things are classified by hierarchies

one hierarchy= taxon, plural hierarchies= taxa

Question 9

what is a domain?

Answer 9

largest, most general taxa

Question 10

what is a species?

Answer 10

smallest taxa

Question 11

what are the domains or superkingdoms?

Answer 11

eukaryota
bacteria
archaea

Question 12

eukaryota domain/superkingdom

Answer 12

eukaryotes

Question 13

bacteria domain/superkingdom

Answer 13

prokaryotes

Question 14

archaea domain/superkingdom

Answer 14

prokaryotes

Question 15

what is the hierarchal classification?

Answer 15

kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 16

how do we remember the hierarchal classification (acronym)?

Answer 16

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Question 17

as we move down the hierarchies, what happens?

Answer 17

characteristics become more similar

Question 18

what happens in a smaller (lower) taxa?

Answer 18

there are more similar organisms

Question 19

Ddomains

Answer 19

archaea
bacteria
eukarya

Question 20

the 6 kingdom systems

kingdoms

Answer 20

archaea
bacteria
protists
fungi
plantae
animalia

Question 21

what category does archaea fall under?

Answer 21

archaea

Question 22

what category does bacteria fall under?

Answer 22

bacteria

Question 23

what category do protists fall under?

Answer 23

eukarya

Question 24

what category do fungi fall under?

Answer 24

eukarya

Question 25

what category do plantae fall under?

Answer 25

eukarya

Question 26

what category do animalia fall under?

Answer 26

eukarya

Question 27

how do we name organisms?

Answer 27

binomial nomenclature

Question 28

what is the first part of the name?

Answer 28

genus

Question 29

what is the second part of the name?

Answer 29

species

Question 30

what is the genus?

Answer 30

a group of closely related organisms with similar characteristics

Question 31

what is the species?

Answer 31

a group of organisms that look alike and can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 32

how can the name also be written?

Answer 32

the first letter of the genus, followed by the species