Taxonomy and Classification Ppt Notes

Taxonomy and Classification ppt notes Name

Chapter 18 pp 447-463 Date:

1. ______is the science of ______and ______organisms according to ______.

2. ______was the first to classify organisms:

Two groups:

·  ______were divided into ______, ______, ______

·  ______were divided into ______, ______, ______

What is wrong with this method of classification?

______

3. ______grouped organisms into hierarchical categories:

4. Classification of domestic dog:

5. Binomial nomenclature: ______, developed by Linnaeus.

Scientific name for human is ______

6. ______: classifying organisms based on evolutionary history.

·  Relationship based on ______

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7. ______uses “derived characteristics” to determine evolutionary relationship.

·  Derived character: ______

·  Example: ______

8. Organisms that share ______probably share ______

·  This graph is a ______, or ancestry diagram.

·  Only groups branching above the derived character ______the trait.

9. Tree of Life

10. Identifying Unfamiliar Organisms

·  A ______is a series of paired statements that describe physical characteristics of different organisms.

·  Aka ______key