Cards (6)

  • what is courtship behaviour?
    behaviours of closely related species are more similar, the ability to display behaviours is genetically determined and increases chances of survival
  • what is artificial classification?
    Grouping organisms based on easily observable characteristics such as colour or size
  • what is phylogenetic classification?
    Grouping organisms based on their evolutionary relationships.
  • what is the order of taxonomy?
    domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
  • what system is used to name species?
    binomial system- 1st part of the species names= is the genus (written in caps) 2nd part of the name is the species (lower case)
  • hierarchy of phylogenetic classification is where smaller groups are placed within larger groups with no overlap