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Study Guide for Chapter 17
Why do scientists classify organisms?
Who is considered the father of modern taxonomy?
What is taxonomy?
What is the problem with using common names for organisms?
What is binomial nomenclature?
How many scientific names can 1 organisms have?
What do the two words in a scientific name tell you?
If you are given a scientific name, Adiatum pedatum, what is the genus? The species?
Is the genus or species capitalized?
What language is mainly used in classifying organisms?
How do scientists (taxonomists, biologists) classify organisms today? What information do they use?
What is phylogeny ?
What is a phylogenic tree?
What are Linnaeus’s seven groups of classification in order?
Are the organisms more alike as you move down the groups of classification?
Are there more different organisms at the top of the hierarchical system (domain) or at the bottom
(species)?
Why was it hard for Aristotle and Linnaeus to classify mushrooms (fungi)?
What was the problem with long descriptive names for organisms that were used before Linnaeus developed
his system?
What is a cladogram?
Be able to interpret a cladogram.
What is divergent evolution?
What is convergent evolution?
What is a derived character?
What are homologous structures?
What are analogous structures?
What is a hybrid?
What are the differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the plant kingdom?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the animal kingdom?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the protist kingdom?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the fungi kingdom?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the eubacteria kingdom?
What are the general characteristics of organisms in the archaebacteria kingdom?
How are organisms classified into domains?What criteria is used?
What are the three domains?
What are the characteristics of organisms in the Domain Eukarya?
What are the characteristics of organisms in the Domain Bacteria?
What are the characteristics of organisms in the Domain Archae?
What is the relationship between birds and crocodiles?
What are the six kingdoms that we study today?
Can the number of kingdoms change?
Can organisms be reclassified into different groups as we gain more knowledge and technology?
What are the two most ancient kingdoms?
What do similalrities in DNA mean, in how organims are closely or distantly related?
* make sure you know the definitions of the following terms: autotrophic, heterotrophic, unicellular,
multicellular, prokaryotic, eukaryotic