Classification

Question 1

What is phylogeny?

Answer 1

It shows the ancestry of groups and points of divergence from a common ancestor
Evolutionary history of
relationships between groups
of organisms

Question 2

What are points of divergence?

Answer 2

They allow us to identify the last point two groups of organisms had a common ancestor and tell us when speciation has occured

Question 3

What is the binomial naming system?

Answer 3

All organisms have 2 latin names
Genus and species
Developed by carl linnaeus

Question 4

What are the taxon levels?

Answer 4

Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

Question 5

What is a species?

Answer 5

A group of similar organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

Question 6

What is a gene?

Answer 6

A section of dna that codes for a polypeptide

Question 7

What is a phylogenetic group?

Answer 7

Classification based on evolutionary history of relationships between groups of organisms

Question 8

What is a hierarchy?

Answer 8

Groups that are subdivided into smaller groups and do not overlap

Question 9

What is taxonomy?

Answer 9

Classifying (sorting) living organisms, naming them and splitting into groups (taxa) based on the similarities and
differences between them