POB EXAM 4 SHADWICK QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Systematic biology - Answers :the study of the evolutionary history of biodiversity
Taxonomy. - Answers :the branch of systematic biology concerned with identifying,
naming, and classifying organisms.
Taxon - Answers :the general name for organisms that exhibit a set of shared traits
Classification - Answers :the process of naming and assigning organisms or groups of
organisms to a taxon
Binomial system of nomenclature - Answers :used to assign a two-part name (Genus
Species)
Taxonomist - Answers :scientist that study taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus - Answers :created classification system
1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species - Answers :Linnaeus classification system
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2.
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6.
7.
Phylogenetics - Answers :the branch of systematic biology that study's the evolutionary
relatedness among groups of organisms
Phylogeny - Answers :hypothesis of evolutionary relatedness among taxa represented
by a family tree
Characteristics used to create a Phylogeny - Answers :- fossil record
- comparative anatomy and development, -
- sequence, structure, and function of RNA and DNA molecules
Cladogram - Answers :
, Clades - Answers :branches
- Only uses traits that are shared among all individuals
- Represents evolutionary relatedness of homologous traits, or those that share
common ancestry
Convergent evolution - Answers :the independent evolution of analogous traits
adaptions to similar environments - Answers :o Analogous structures arise because of
__________
- Domain bacteria
- Domain Archaea
- Domain Eukarya - Answers :Three domain classification system
Domain Eukarya - Answers :Type of domain:
- Protists, animals, fungi, plants
Eukarya and Archaea - Answers :Domains that are most closely related to each other
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and new data about cells supported that there were two
groups of prokaryotes - Answers :Three domain classification system was created
because
2 pounds - Answers :how many pounds of bacteria live on our body?
Leeuwenhoek - Answers :this person used the microscope to view microscopic life
forms in drops of water called "animalcules"
Microbiology - Answers :study of microbes
microbes - Answers :bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, prions, and viruses
origin of microbial life - Answers :All traced back to the "last universal common
ancestor"
10 - Answers :for every cell in your body there are ____ bacterial cells living on or within
you
beneficial - Answers :most microbiota have _______ effects
Bacteria and fungi - Answers :microbes that are decomposers
photosynthetic algae and other protist - Answers :microbes that are primary producers
docomposers - Answers :break down organic or inorganic materials that can be reused
by plants and animals
Systematic biology - Answers :the study of the evolutionary history of biodiversity
Taxonomy. - Answers :the branch of systematic biology concerned with identifying,
naming, and classifying organisms.
Taxon - Answers :the general name for organisms that exhibit a set of shared traits
Classification - Answers :the process of naming and assigning organisms or groups of
organisms to a taxon
Binomial system of nomenclature - Answers :used to assign a two-part name (Genus
Species)
Taxonomist - Answers :scientist that study taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus - Answers :created classification system
1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species - Answers :Linnaeus classification system
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Phylogenetics - Answers :the branch of systematic biology that study's the evolutionary
relatedness among groups of organisms
Phylogeny - Answers :hypothesis of evolutionary relatedness among taxa represented
by a family tree
Characteristics used to create a Phylogeny - Answers :- fossil record
- comparative anatomy and development, -
- sequence, structure, and function of RNA and DNA molecules
Cladogram - Answers :
, Clades - Answers :branches
- Only uses traits that are shared among all individuals
- Represents evolutionary relatedness of homologous traits, or those that share
common ancestry
Convergent evolution - Answers :the independent evolution of analogous traits
adaptions to similar environments - Answers :o Analogous structures arise because of
__________
- Domain bacteria
- Domain Archaea
- Domain Eukarya - Answers :Three domain classification system
Domain Eukarya - Answers :Type of domain:
- Protists, animals, fungi, plants
Eukarya and Archaea - Answers :Domains that are most closely related to each other
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes and new data about cells supported that there were two
groups of prokaryotes - Answers :Three domain classification system was created
because
2 pounds - Answers :how many pounds of bacteria live on our body?
Leeuwenhoek - Answers :this person used the microscope to view microscopic life
forms in drops of water called "animalcules"
Microbiology - Answers :study of microbes
microbes - Answers :bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, prions, and viruses
origin of microbial life - Answers :All traced back to the "last universal common
ancestor"
10 - Answers :for every cell in your body there are ____ bacterial cells living on or within
you
beneficial - Answers :most microbiota have _______ effects
Bacteria and fungi - Answers :microbes that are decomposers
photosynthetic algae and other protist - Answers :microbes that are primary producers
docomposers - Answers :break down organic or inorganic materials that can be reused
by plants and animals
