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Define taxonomy
List the 7 taxonomic groups
Why do scientists classify organisms?
Why do scientists use a single unified classification system
List the 3 domains of organsims
Define species
State the etiquette for writing the scientific name of an organism
List the 3 components of scientific names of organsisms
List the 5 kingdoms of living organisms
State the general features of prokaryotae
State the general features of protoctista
State the general features of fungi
State the general features of plantae
State the general features of animalia
Why have there been changes to classification systems over the years?
State the features of eukarya (3 domain system)
State the features of archae (3 domain system)
State the features of bacteria/eubacteria
(3 domain system)
Define phylogeny
What is a phylogenetic tree?
What information are phylogenetic trees created from
List the advantages of phylogenetic classification
How did Darwin develop his theory of evolution?
Describe how palaeontology is evidence for evolution
Describe how comparative anatomy is evidence for evolution
Describe how comparative biochemistry is evidence for evolution
Define interspecific variation
Define intraspecific variation
List genetic causes of variation
Define discontinuous variation
Define continuous variation
Define species richness
Define species evenness
Define habitat biodiversity
Define genetic biodiversity
Define random sampling
Define non-random sampling
(3 techniques)
State why samples may be unreliable, and how that can be countered
(2 reasons)
List & describe methods of sampling animals
List & describe methods of sampling plants
List the sensors and measurement used for measuring wind speed, light intensity, relative humidity, pH, temperature and oxygen content in water
State what each letter stands for in the equation for Simpson's index of biodiversity, and how to interpret the result
