Classification

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What is classification?
grouping organisms together
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What is artificial classification?
Classification based on preference
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What is a species?
A group of organisms able to produce fertile, living offspring
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What is a hierarchy?
To rank organisms into groups avoiding overlap
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What is phylogenetic classification?
Classification based on evolutionary links
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Any common ancestor and all of their descendants shown on a phylogenetic diagram is classed as a clade. True or False?
True
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What is the order of the Linnaean classification hierarchy?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
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What is artificial classification?

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What is a species?

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What is a hierarchy?

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What is phylogenetic classification?

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