WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT CLASSIFICATION



WHAT SHOULD YOU KNOW ABOUT CLASSIFICATION?

What is taxonomy?

What is phylogeny?

What is a taxon?

What contributions did Aristotle and Carolus Linnaeus make to the science of taxonomy?

How did they group organisms?

What is binomial nomenclature?

Be able to write the 7 taxonomic levels in Linnaeus’s hierarchy in order from largest and

most inclusive to smallest and most exclusive.

What are the rules for writing a scientific name?

What is the scientific name for humans?

Which languages are used to give organisms scientific names?

How is evolutionary classification different from Linnaeus’s way of classifying?

What is cladistics?

What is a derived character?

What is a cladogram?

What are the original 5 Kingdoms?

Which of these was split to make a 6th Kingdom?

What two Kingdoms did it become when it split?

What is a domain?

What characteristic is used to determine domains?

Which domain includes more than one kingdom?

Be able to name the 3 domains and tell which organisms they contain.

Be able to name the 6 Kingdoms and give examples of organisms in each.

Be able to give characteristics of organisms in the 6 kingdoms.

How is DNA used to help classify organisms?

What is a molecular clock and how is it used to show relationships?

The gene for which muscle protein is found in both yeast and humans?

Why do scientists think barnacles are more closely related to crabs even though they

look more like limpets?

What is unusual about the relationship between vultures and storks?

What is a dichotomous key?

Be able to use a dichotomous key to identify and classify an organism.

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