10.1 Classification

Question 1

What are taxonomic groups?

Answer 1

hierarchical groups of classification

Question 2

What are the reasons for classifying organisms?

Answer 2

• IDENTIFY SPECIES
• PREDICT CHARACTERISTICS
  
  • organisms in same groups will be likely to share characteristics.
• EVOLUTIONARY LINKS
  
  • species in same group share characteristics due to a common ancestor

Question 3

What is binomial nomenclature?

Answer 3

scientific naming of species

using Latin name consisting of 2 parts -

genus + species

Question 4

Who proposed binomial nomenclature?

Answer 4

Carl Linnaeus

Question 5

What is a species?

Answer 5

group of organisms

able to reproduce to produce fertile offspring

Question 6

Why is the offspring of 2 different species not also considered a separate species?

Answer 6

offspring of 2 different species is not fertile