Classification and evolution

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  • Created on: 09-02-18 11:51
what is classification?
the process of placing living things into groups. you can place the species in a category wuth other species which have similar characteristics.
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what is phylogeny?
study of evolutionary relationships between organisms
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what is taxonomy?
the study of the principles of classification and the study of the differences between species.
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what is modern classification?
this reflects the evolutionary distance between species
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why should we classify?
to predict characteristics, easier to identify organisms, helps us to see evolutionary relationships between species, more manageable
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how many domains and kingdoms are there?
there are three domains and six kingdoms
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what are the three domains called?
bacteria, archea, eukarya
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what are the rules for the binominal system?
name printed in italics, underlined or handwritten, first letter of genus is capitalised, genus comes first followed by species
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how do you identify living things?
dichomous key, asks a series of questions, each queston has two answers, usually ''yes'' or ''no''
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what did Carl Linneaeus do?
devised a scheme of classification, hierarchial classification system, categories are taxonomic groups, 5 kingdom classification in his original classification
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what did Carl Woese do?
new classification systen after studying rRNA, cell membrane lipid structure and senstitivity to antibioatives
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what type of cells are archaebacteria and eubacteria?
they are both single celled prokaryotes
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