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Chapter 1: Intro
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
09/02/2013

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Term
The branch of science in which organisms are classified and grouped together?
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Systematics
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field of systematics concerned with naming
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Taxonomy
Term
Who is the father of taxonomy?
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Carolus Linnaeus
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What is the correct Linnaean classification groups in order from largest to smallest?
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What are the 3 domains of life?
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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
Term
What is an organism with no nucleus, organelles, or cytoskeleton?
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Prokaryotes
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What are the four kingdoms of Eukarya?
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Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
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Mostly unicellular organism other than animals, true fungi, or green plants.
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Protist
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Secretes digestive enzymes and absorbs nutrition
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Fungi
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multicellular photosynthetic organism
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Plant
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What is another name for Phylum?
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Division
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What kind of naming system is used when naming organisms?
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Binomial
Term
What is the correct way to write the genus and species of a human?
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Homo sapiens
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What is the scientific name for yeast?
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Term
What includes a series of paired questions or descriptions referring to the prescence or abscence of certain characteristics, followed by further instructions used to identify organisms?
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Dichotomous Key
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What is the branch of systemactics that classifies organisms based on inferences of evotionary relationships?
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Phylogenetics
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What is an evolutionary relationship?
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Synapomorphy
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Synapomorphies are used to classify organinsms into __________________, a hypothesis of evolutionary relationships.
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Phylogenetic trees
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What do synapomorphies say about oranismal relationships?
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The more synapomorhpies the closer the organisms
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Group of organisms who are believed to have descended from a common ancestor.
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Clade
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