Taxonomy, Phylogeny, Evolution

Question 1

Biodiversity

Answer 1

the variety of life

Question 2

Domain

Answer 2

The highest ranked taxa
The three domains are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.
Based on cell type (prokaryotes, Eukaryotes)

Question 3

Kingdom

Answer 3

second highest rank 6 types (Bacteria, Archaea, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia)

Question 4

Phylum

Answer 4

3 highest rank

Question 5

Class

Answer 5

4 highest rank

Question 6

Order

Answer 6

5 highest rank

Question 7

Family

Answer 7

6 highest rank

Question 8

Genus

Answer 8

7 highest rank

Question 9

Species

Answer 9

individuals that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 10

Phylogeny

Answer 10

the history of the evolution of a species or group

Question 11

Taxonomy

Answer 11

classification of living organism

Question 12

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 12

system of naming organisms

Question 13

Classification

Answer 13

grouping living organisms

Question 14

Taxon

Answer 14

a single group

Question 15

Common Ancestor

Answer 15

An ancestor shared by two or more descendant species.

Question 16

Phylogenetic Tree

Answer 16

a diagram that depicts the lines of evolutionary descent of different species, organisms, or genes from a common ancestor.

Question 17

Homologous Structure

Answer 17

similar physical features in organisms that share a common ancestor, but the features serve completely different functions.

Question 18

Prokaryotic Cell

Answer 18

no membrane bound organelles

Question 19

Eukaryotic Cell

Answer 19

membrane bound organelles

Question 20

Dichotomous Key

Answer 20

ask yes or no questions to classify a newly discovered organism compared to existing organisms

Question 21

Autotroph

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produces its own food
can either be photosynthetic or chemosynthetic

Question 22

Heterotroph

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eats other organisms to get energy

Question 23

natural selection

Answer 23

the process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.

Question 24

Artificial Selection

Answer 24

the identification by humans of desirable traits in plants and animals, and the steps taken to enhance and perpetuate those traits in future generations

Question 25

How to classify species

Answer 25

dichotomous keys

Question 26

The correct format for writing out the name of an organism

Answer 26

both Genus and species are italicized or underlined Genus is capitalized, species is lower case

Question 27

Anatomical evidence

Answer 27

do structures of the organisms look the same

Question 28

Physiological evidence

Answer 28

do the proteins and enzymes in the cell work the same

Question 29

Genetic evidence

Answer 29

how genetically closely related are the genes and the proteins they make

Question 30

what are the 6 kingdoms

Answer 30

1.Bacteria 2. Archaea 3. Protista 4.Plantae 5. Fungi 6. Animalia

Question 31

how did the 6 kingdoms come to be

Answer 31

Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus in the 1700s

Question 32

similarities between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes

Question 33

differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes

Answer 33

eukaryotes have membrane bound organelles prokaryotes are 1/10th the size of eukaryotic cells

Question 34

general characteristics bacteria

Answer 34

Prokaryote, unicellular, cell wall made of peptidoglycan, Autotrophs and heterotrophs, Asexual

Question 35

general characteristics archaea

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Prokaryote , unicellular, polysaccharides, autotrophs and heterotrophs , Asexual

Question 36

general characteristics Protista

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Eukaryote, uni or multicellular, cell wall idk, autotrophs, Asexual and sexual

Question 37

general characteristics plantae

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eukaryote, multicellular, cell wall cellulose, autotrophs, Sexual

Question 38

general characteristics fungi

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eukaryote, mostly multicellular, cell wall chitin, heterotrophs, Sexual

Question 39

general characteristics animalia

Answer 39

eukaryote, multicellular, no cell wall, heterotrophs, sexual