Diversity Flashcards
How many living things are on Earth w scientific names? How many insects?
1.8 millions, insects
There are three types of species called_______ ________ . List them and briefly explain.
Morphological specials concept: morphology focus (size and structure, usually asexual eg bacteria) Biological SC: can they produce fertile offspring? Eg cats Phylogenetic SC: phylogeny focus (evolutionary history, DNA used, eg extinct organisms)
What is hybridization?
Cross breeding of two diff species
What are the three types of diversity?
Genetic: genetic variability (usually same species) Species: quantity of each species and diff types of species Structural: range of shapes, sizes and diff habitats in an ecosystem
What is taxonomy? Why is it important?
Classifies organisms living and dead. Prevents duplicated names by International Naming Congress (use Latin). Shows evolutionary relationships
Who grouped organisms according to habitat? (Land, air, water)
Aristotle
What is the name of the ranking system that had humans at the top and plants at the bottom?
Great Chain of Being or Scala naturae
Who is the founder of modern taxonomy and binomial nomenclature? (Genus, then species name…genus always capitalized and either underlined or in italics)
Carolus Linnaeus
What is a taxonomy? How many are there? What are they?
One of a series of progressively smaller groups. Did King Phillip Come Over From Germany Saturday? Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species. NOTE: three domains and six kingdoms
What are three things that make something living?
Presence of cells, energy use, reproduction.
What is a dichotomous key? It uses ___________ characteristics. (Morphology, behaviour, geographic location.)
Dichotomous key: series of branching two part statements used to identify organisms
What is a phylogenetic tree? What do the tips represent? The internal nodes? What is a sister group?
Diagram depicting evolutionary relationships between different species. Tips represent descendant taxa, nodes represent a common ancestor. Two descendants that split from the same node, a lot of evolutionary history in common
What is a clade of a phylogenetic tree?
A group taht includes a single common ancestor and all its descendants

What is a domain? There are 3. What are they?
Domain: highest taxonomic rank.
Bacteria: diverse and widespread prokaryotes (simple cells, non membrane)
Archea: prokaryotes that live in extreme conditions
Eukarya: eukaryotes (Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia)
The phylogenetic tree shows that the two prokaryote groups _______ and _______ diverged early and _______ is more closely related to ________.
bacteria, archea, archea, eukarya

What are the three main points of phylogeny? “Share common ancestor because of…”
- Similar stages of embryonic development
- Homologous structures (anatomical similarity)
- Genetic similarity (DNA)
Prokaryotes vs eukaryotes?
pro: no nucleus, no membrane, most times unicellular, contain their own DNA
eu: have organelles, membranes, most multicellular
Autotroph vs heterotroph?
autotroph makes own food, heterotroph gets food from another source
How do prokaryotes divide? Eurkaryotes? How do they compare in storing DNA?
pro: binary fission, conjugation….in “nucleoid” region
eu: mitosis and meiosis….within a membrane bound nucleus

What are the three hypothesis for the origin of viruses?
- started off as small infectious cells that lost cytoplasm and eventually ability to reproduce on own
- escaped fragments of DNA or RNA
- ancient, existed before cells
Viruses are small, NON-CELLULAR particles that can only be seen w an electron microscope. They act as ________ invading a host cell. They consist of two main parts:
Parasites
- Nucleic acid (DNA or RNA)
- Protein coat (capsid)
NOTE: Protein forms a capsid around the nucleic acid
AND a bacteriophage is a virus that attacks bacteria

What are the four shapes of viruses?
- Icosahedral, genetic material enclosed in capsid, ADENOVIRUS
- Icosahedral head and tail, genetic material in the head, BACTERIOPHAGE
- Rod shaped (helical), hallow tube containing nucleic acid, TABACCO MOSAIC VIRUS
- Shperical (enveloped), surrounded by membrane that is partly that of the host, HIV AND INFLUENZA

Viruses invade what three things?
Bacteria, plants, animals
What is it called when a virus changes a host cell’s DNA?
MUTATION














