Biology Chapter 17 Flashcards
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What is taxonomy?

The science of naming and classifying organisms.

Until the mid-1700s, what did biologists do to name a particular type of organism?

They added descriptive phrases to name the genus.

What system did Carl Linnaeus develop?

A two-word Latin system for naming organisms.

What did Carl Linnaeus name his simpler system?

<p>Binomial nomenclature.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the unique two-part name for a species referred to as?

<p>Scientific name.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the first word of the two-part scientific name?

<p>Genus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the second word of the two-part scientific name?

<p>Species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does one abbreviate Genus species?

<p>G.species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a genus?

<p>A taxonomic category containing similar species that share important characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a species?

<p>One particular kind of organism, the basic biological unit in the Linnaean system.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the scientific name of an organism allow biologists to do?

<p>Communicate, regardless of their language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Two different types of organisms cannot have the same scientific name.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the Linnaeus system begin?

<p>With a broad classification system (plants &amp; animals).</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many levels of classification are there?

<ol start="8"> <li></li> </ol> Signup and view all the answers

What's the first level of classification?

<p>Domain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the second level of classification?

<p>Kingdom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the third level of classification?

<p>Phylum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the fourth level of classification?

<p>Class.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the fifth level of classification?

<p>Order.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the sixth level of classification?

<p>Family.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the seventh level of classification?

<p>Genus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What's the eighth level of classification?

<p>Species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Each level of classification is based on what?

<p>Characteristics shared by all organisms it contains.</p> Signup and view all the answers

At each higher level on the classification system, does the information become more general or specific?

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a biological species?

<p>Group of natural populations that are interbreeding or could interbreed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who proposed the biological species concept?

<p>Ernest Mayr.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Sometimes individuals of different species interbreed and produce offspring called what?

<p>Hybrids.</p> Signup and view all the answers

When reproductive barriers between two species are not complete, the two species are...

<p>Closely related.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Modern biologists recognize species by studying what?

<p>An organism's features.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many species have been described?

<p>1.5 million.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many species may have not been discovered yet?

<p>2-100 million.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Linnaeus' classification system was based on what?

<p>His observation that organisms have different degrees of similarity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Darwin stated that organisms that are more similar to one another may have descended from what?

<p>A more recent common ancestor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is phylogeny?

<p>Evolutionary history.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is cladistics?

<p>Method of analysis that reconstructs phylogenies by inferring relationships based on shared characters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cladistics hypothesizes what?

<p>The sequence in which different groups of organisms evolved.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an ancestral character?

<p>Evolved in a common ancestor of both groups.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a derived character?

<p>Evolved in an ancestor of one group but not of the other.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does shared provide evidence that two groups are?

<p>Closely related.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a cladogram?

<p>Branching diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Taxonomy and Naming

  • Taxonomy is the science of naming and classifying organisms.
  • Prior to the mid-1700s, biologists used descriptive phrases to name organisms, leading to lengthy names.
  • Carl Linnaeus developed a two-word Latin system for naming organisms, known as binomial nomenclature.
  • The scientific name consists of two parts: the genus (capitalized) and species (all lowercase).
  • Abbreviation for genus species is written as G.species.

Taxonomic Classification Levels

  • The Linnaean system categorizes life into eight levels of classification: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
  • The first classification level is domain, which includes archaea, bacteria, and eukarya.
  • Each level is based on shared characteristics, becoming more general as you ascend the hierarchy.

Biological Species Concept

  • A biological species is defined as a group of populations that interbreed or can potentially interbreed, isolated from others.
  • Ernest Mayr proposed this biological species concept.
  • Hybrids can occur when individuals from different species interbreed.
  • Species can be studied based on their features to understand classification.

Diversity and Evolutionary Relationships

  • Approximately 1.5 million species have been described, while estimates suggest 2-100 million may remain undiscovered.
  • Linnaeus' classification system stemmed from observations of similarity among organisms.
  • Darwin theorized that similar organisms might share a more recent common ancestor.
  • Phylogeny refers to the evolutionary history of organisms.

Cladistics and Evolutionary Analysis

  • Cladistics reconstructs phylogenies based on shared characteristics to infer evolutionary relationships.
  • Cladistics predicts the sequence in which groups evolved.
  • Ancestral characters are those evolved from a common ancestor, while derived characters are unique to one group.
  • Shared characteristics suggest a close relationship between groups.
  • A cladogram is a branching diagram showing evolutionary relationships among organisms.

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