Classification

Question 1

What are taxonomic groups?

Answer 1

7 groups of classification ordered into a hierarchy

Question 2

What is the definition of a species?

Answer 2

If it is able to produce fertile offspring

Question 3

What is the scientific name for biological naming systems?

Answer 3

Binomial nomenclature

Question 4

Why are organisms classified?

Answer 4

Identify species
Predict characteristics
Find evolutionary links

Question 5

What are the 3 domains?

Answer 5

Bacteria
Archea
Eukaryota

Question 6

What taxonomic groups make up a scientific name?

Answer 6

Genus and species

Question 7

How should a scientific name be written?

Answer 7

In italics or underlined

Question 8

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 8

Plantae
Animalia
Prokaryota
Protoctista
Fungi

Question 9

Name a characteristic if plantae?

Answer 9

Auto trophic so makes own food

Question 10

Name some characteristics of prokaryota

Answer 10

Uni cellular
Replicate using binary fission

Question 11

Name some characteristics of protoctista

Answer 11

Uni cellular
Contain nucleus

Question 12

Name some characteristics of fungi

Answer 12

Absorb nutrients

Question 13

Name some characteristics of animalia

Answer 13

Heterotrophic eat thing to get energy
Nucleus

Question 14

What is phylogeny?

Answer 14

Evolutionary link to a taxonomic group of an organism

Question 15

How can Phylogeny be achieved?

Answer 15

Using fossils
DNA and amino acids

Question 16

What does a knode show?

Answer 16

Common ancestors

Question 17

What are the advantages of phylogeny?

Answer 17

Confirm or change Classification groups

Question 18

Name some evidence of evolution

Answer 18

Paleontology
Biochemistry

Question 19

Why are fossil records incomplete?

Answer 19

Not all organisms fossilised and not all fossils have been found

Question 20

What causes genetic variation?

Answer 20

Mutations and alleles

Question 21

What does interdependent groups mean?

Answer 21

Difference in species

Question 22

What does intradependant mean?

Answer 22

Differences within the same species

Question 23

What is discontinuous variation and give an example?

Answer 23

Variation that cam fit into many categories eg. Blood group

Question 24

What is continuous variation and give an example?

Answer 24

Controlled by many genes influenced by the environment

Question 25

How is variation represented graphically?

Answer 25

By standard deviation

Question 26

What percentage of values stand within 1 SD of the mean?

Answer 26

68%

Question 27

What percentage of values stand between 2 SD of the mean?

Answer 27

95%

Question 28

What percentage of values stand between 3 SD of the mean?

Answer 28

99.7%

Question 29

What other tests are used to represent data?

Answer 29

Spearman rank

Question 30

What does spearman rank show

Answer 30

Correlation between 2 variables

Question 31

What are the 3 groups if adaptations?

Answer 31

Anatomical Behavioural Physiological

Question 32

What is a unique adaptation about maram grass?

Answer 32

Thick waxy cuticle to prevent eater loss

Question 33

What are inate behaviours?

Answer 33

Behaviours inherited from parents

Question 34

What are learnt behaviours?

Answer 34

Behaviours that are dependant on the environment

Question 35

Give an example of a physiological adaptation

Answer 35

Poison production

Question 36

What are analogous structures?

Answer 36

Adaptations for the same function but have different genetic origins due to convergent evolution

Question 37

What is convergent evolution?

Answer 37

Different structures adapting for similar functions

Question 38

What is a selection pressure?

Answer 38

Pressure put on the organism by the environment eg. Space or disease

Question 39

What is a selection pressure?

Answer 39

Pressure put on the organism by the environment eg. Space or disease

Question 40

What is differential reproduction?

Answer 40

Where the advantageous allele is passed on

Question 41

How are blowflies unique?

Answer 41

They are resistant to some insecticides

Question 42

What is unique about flavobacterium?

Answer 42

Enzymes cause Mutations found in soul and water areas