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Taxonomy,Cladograms,Classification
Sr. Colleen! Semester 1
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Science
7th Grade
12/11/2012

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What is Taxonomy
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The science of grouping and naming organisms
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What is another name for Taxonomy
Definition
Systematics
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Who are Taxonomists
Definition
Scientist that group and name organisms
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What did Carolus Linnaeus develope
Definition
a system that we use for Taxonomy today (circa 1940)
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What is Linnaeus known as
Definition
The father of modern Taxonomy
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What was Linnaeus system
Definition
Hierarchy
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What is an example of hierarchy
Definition
My address in the cosmos (trick I learned in 6th grade, only for my benefit :))
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What is Linnaeus hierarchy
Definition
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What is a trick of mnemic devices to remember Linnaeus Hierarchy
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(D)id (K)ing (P)hillip (C)ome (O)ver (F)or (G)ood (S)oup
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Organisms in any particular group have what
Definition
HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON ; that's why they are grouped together
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What is the language we use to name organisms
Definition
Latin
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What are the three domains of living things
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Archea
Bacteria
Eucaryota
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T or F every organisms has a scientific name; even extinct
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T Even extinct!!
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What is one thing that is unique to each species
Definition
their scientific name
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What is a hierarchy??
Definition
An arrangement of things by importance or rank
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All names are in
Definition
Latin
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What is written first in the scientific name and how
Definition
Genus, also capitalized
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What is written second in the scientific name and how
Definition
Species and never capitalized
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Both words are...
Definition
Italicized if typed or underlined if hand written
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What is the binomial nomenclature
Definition
two name naming system
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Who used a method called binomial nomenclature
Definition
Linneaus
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T of F The names change in each language
Definition
False it is all the same in latin
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Binomial equals
Definition
scientific names
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What do scientific names identify
Definition
appearances, location, and who discovered it
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What is classification
Definition
The grouping of information or objects based on similarity
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Sometimes we use classification in our daily lives give one or two examples of where and how it is used
Definition
1. Geologists-Rocks, Minerals
2. Meteorologist-weather, clouds, wind and types of storms
3. English-enoun, adverbs, adjectives
4. Math-whole/even numbers, circles, or rectangles
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Why is it important to classify things
Definition
-helps us stay organized
-lets others know what we are talking about
-helps tell things apart that are different
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If you discover an organism, you get to
Definition
name it !! :)
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What is a cladogram???
Definition
its a diagram that shows relationship between organisms
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In a cladogram every branch represents ..
Definition
a difference between that group and the groups below it
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A cladogram is a (h)
Definition
hypothesis
-NOT AN EDUCATED GUESS
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What is a hypothesis??
Definition
a prediction have a based on observation and expierences
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When does a cladogram change??
Definition
when their is new information
-DNA studies
-discoveries of new organisms
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T OR F
Do you put extinct organisms in cladograms??
Definition
T
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Cladogram comes from the word...
Definition
Clade
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Clade means
Definition
a group of all related ancestors and their most recent common ancestor
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What is a Taxon??
Definition
A group of related organisms
(ex. all organisms in a genus)
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What is Phylogeny??
Definition
The study of how living and extinct organisms are related to one another
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A cladogram is.. (summary of definitions)
Definition
a predicted relationship between living and extinct organisms
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Taxonomist use these characteristics...
Definition
1.) Anatomy
2.) DNA sequence
3.) Embryology
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What is embryology??
Definition
the study of the developments of organisms
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