Lecture 2

Question 1

What does hypothesis do?

Answer 1

Allow you to make prediction

Question 2

after observing the variously coloured crab spiders, we can ask: “why do crab spiders match their backgrounds?

Answer 2

1. hide from predator

2. hide from prey

Question 3

What make up 2/3 of known species?

Answer 3

Arthropods

Question 4

Nomenclature?

Answer 4

System of rules used for naming

Question 5

Taxonomy?

Answer 5

Practice of naming/classifying organisms

Question 6

Systematics?

Answer 6

Theory/practice of classifying based on evolutionary history

Question 7

Phylogeny?

Answer 7

Evolutionary history

Question 8

Problems with common names?

Answer 8

1. Different names for same species
2. Same names for different species
3. Common name implying relation that doesnt exist

Question 9

Genus name comes?

Answer 9

First

Question 10

Specific name comes?

Answer 10

Second

Question 11

Order of Linnaean system?

Answer 11

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Question 12

Phylogenetic Trees?

Answer 12

Evolutionary trees that shows the evolutionary relationship between organisms (past and present): between common ancestors and descendants

Question 13

What is a taxa?

Answer 13

A group of organisms

Question 14

Clade?

Answer 14

Monophyletic group that includes ancestors as well as descendants