diversity of living things

Question 1

importance of biodiversity

Answer 1

crucial for healthy ecosystems

Question 2

levels of classification

Answer 2

domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

Question 3

carl linnaeus

Answer 3

father of taxonomy - developed a system for naming and classifying organisms

Question 4

phylogenetic tree

Answer 4

the science that explores the evolutionary relationship between species represented in a chart

Question 5

clades

Answer 5

a taxonomic group that includes a single ancestor species and all its descendants, can be small or large

Question 6

species

Answer 6

organisms that can breed freely in a natural environment and produce viable offspring

Question 7

structural diversity

Answer 7

variety of “levels”, shapes and sizes within an ecosystem

Question 8

ecosystem diversity

Answer 8

variety of ecosystems within an geographical area