species and taxonomy

Cards (8)

  • how do you know if two organisms belong to the same species
    they are able to produce fertile offspring
  • what is courtship
    a behaviour that eventually results in mating and reproduction
  • what is necessary for successful mating and is used for species recognition
    courtship
  • what is the use of the phylogenies classification system
    attempts to arrange species into groups based on evolutionary origins and relationships
  • what are the groups called in the phylogenic classification system
    taxa (taxon)
  • what is the order of the phylogenic classification system

    domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
  • how do you structure an organisms binomial name
    Genus species
  • what is the criteria of a hierarchy
    smaller groups are placed within larger groups with no overlap