Classification And Evolution

Question 1

Name the 3 domains

Answer 1

Eukarya
Archaea
Bacteria

Question 2

Name the 3 purposes of classification

Answer 2

To find evolutionary links
To predict characteristics
To identify species

Question 3

Name the 5 kingdoms

Answer 3

Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Prokaryotae
Protoctista

Question 4

What is phylogeny

Answer 4

Studying the evolutionary relationships between organisms through analysis of DNA, proteins, fossil record etc

Question 5

Name 3 advantages of phylogenetic classification

Answer 5

It doesn’t depend on prev characteristics of Linnaean classification
Produces a continuous tree (as opposed to discrete groups)
Hierarchical nature of linnean classification can be misleading