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What is taxonomy?
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The scientific discipline that focuses on naming and classifying organisms
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What is nomenclature?
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The system of rules for naming things
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What are the major taxonomic ranks (from broad to narrow)?
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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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What are the three different domains?
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- Bacteria
- Archaea
- Eukarya
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What is defined as a ‘taxon’?
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A taxonomic rank at any level of a hierarchical classification
6
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What is a significant limitation of the traditional Linnaean hierarchical classification system?
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The classification is based on similarities that may not reflect true evolutionary histories
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Decks in class (31)
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Topic 1: Biodiversity23
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Topic 2: Scientific method and reasoning5
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Topic 3: Taxonomy6
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Topic 4: Systematics and phylogeny15
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Topic 5: Evolution by Natural Selection9
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Topic 6: Evidence for evolution5
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Topic 7: Evolution of populations21
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Topic 8: Speciation23
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Topic 9: Origin of Life16
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Topic 10: Prokaryotes10
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Topic 11: Eukaryotes7
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Topic 12: Diversity of Protists10
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Topic 13: Evolution of Plants9
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Topic 14: Non Vascular Plants10
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Topic 15: Seedless Vascular Plants7
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Topic 16: Gymnosperms7
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Topic 17: Angiosperms8
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Topic 18: Kingdom Fungi16
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Topic 19: Introduction to Animals11
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Topic 20: Origin of Animals8
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Topic 21: Porifera and Cnidaria1
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Topic 22: Lophotrochozoa10
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Topic 23: Ecdysozoa17
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Topic 24: Anthropods11
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Topic 25: Deuterostomia1
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Topic 26: Introduction to chordates3
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Topic 29: Clade Tetrapods1
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Topic 30: Amphibians2
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Topic 31: Amniotes3
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