Monthly Exam Of December Questions 6

Question 0

A group of organisms in a classification system is called a

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taxon

Question 1

is the science of naming and classifying organisms.

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Taxonomy

Question 2

is a system that gives each species a two-part scientific name using Latin words.

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Binomial nomenclature

Question 3

includes one or
more physically similar species that are thought to be closely related.

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Genus

Question 4

What is the problem with the Linnaean system ?

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Answer 4

It was base on what you see

Question 5

The evolutionary history for a group of species is called a

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phylogeny

Question 6

is classification based on common ancestry.

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Cladistics

Question 7

is an evolutionary tree that proposes how species may be related to each other through common ancestors.

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cladogram

Question 8

mean same ancestor

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Clad

Question 9

Organisms that branch off after a hash mark share the derived character represented by the hash mark.

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Derived character

Question 10

is the intersection of two branches.

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node