BIOL 2030 Midterm 1 Study Guide | Biology Practice Questions & Answers

BIOL./2030./-./Midterm./1


Who./was./Carolus./Linnaeus?./-
./correct./answer./Developed./taxonomic./system./for./naming./p
lants./and./animals./and./grouping./similar./organisms./together


Morphology./-
./correct./answer./Comparison./of./characteristics./and./features./
(physical./characteristics)


Taxon./-./correct./answer./Group./of./organisms


Phylogeny./-
./correct./answer./History./of./development./of./species./or./other
./group


Characters./-
./correct./answer./Organismal./features./used./to./construct./a./ph
ylogeny./[or./evolutionary./tree]

,Homology./-
./correct./answer./Character./similarity./resulting./from./common
./ancestry


Homoplasy./-./correct./answer./Non-
homologous./character./similarity,./misrepresent./common./ance
stry


Evolutionary./convergence./-
./correct./answer./Independent./evolution./of./features./that./are./
similar./in./species./spanning./over./different./eras.


Cladistics./-
./correct./answer./Evaluation./of./information./for./tree./building.
/and./classification


Cladogram./-
./correct./answer./Phylogenetic./diagram./based./on./cladistic./an
alysis


Clade./-
./correct./answer./A./group./of./organisms./that./includes./most./r
ecent./common./ancestors./and./all

, Polarity./-
./correct./answer./Ancestral/descendent./relationships./among./di
fferent./states./of./a./character./(presence./or./absence./or./verteb
ral./column


Outgroup./comparison./-
./correct./answer./Examine./polarity./of./a./character./state


Synapomorphy./-
./correct./answer./Derived./character./that./is./shared./by./all./me
mbers./of./the./clade


Comparative./morphology./-
./correct./answer./Shapes./and./sizes./of./organismal./structures./
including./developmental./origins


Comparative./biochemistry./-
./correct./answer./Gene./and./protein./sequencing