Classification of Organisms
Cards (30)
- What is the purpose of classifying organisms?
- What does phylogeny study?
- What does phylogeny tell us about organisms?
- From what do all organisms evolve?
- How can the evolutionary relationships of organisms be represented?
- What is the first branch point in the Hominidae phylogenetic tree?
- What does the first branch point in the Hominidae tree represent?
- Which group diverged first from the common ancestor in the Hominidae family?
- Which species diverged after gorillas in the Hominidae family?
- How are closely related species identified on a phylogenetic tree?
- What is taxonomy?
- What does taxonomy involve?
- How do scientists classify organisms today?
- How many levels of groups are used in classification?
- What are the groups in classification called?
- How are taxa arranged in classification?
- What is the largest group in the taxonomic hierarchy?
- What is the smallest group in the taxonomic hierarchy?
- What defines a species?
- What happens when a female horse breeds with a male donkey?
- Why do scientists update classification systems?
- What is the binomial system?
- How many parts does the scientific name in the binomial system have?
- What is the first part of the scientific name?
- How is the genus name written in the binomial system?
- How is the species name written in the binomial system?
- How are scientific names formatted in writing?
- Why is the scientific naming system important?
- What are the eight levels of classification in taxonomy?
- What are the key features of the binomial naming system?