BIOLOGY 112 EXAM 1
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1) systematics -- Answer ✔✔ an analytical approach to
understanding the diversity and evolutionary relationships of an
organism, both present day and extinct
2) biodiversity -- Answer ✔✔ variety of organisms and the
ecosystems they form
3) taxonomy -- Answer ✔✔ ordered division of organisms into
categories based on a set of characteristics used to assess
similarities and differences
4) classification -- Answer ✔✔ grouping organisms by their
similarities or relationships
5) phylogeny -- Answer ✔✔ 1. evolutionary history of a group of
organisms from a common ancestor; 2. classifications based on
common ancestors; 3. based on structural, behavioral, molecular,
and other similarities
6) clade -- Answer ✔✔ group with a common ancestor; taxa are
monophyletic
7) Linneus -- Answer ✔✔ "Father of modern technology" who
developed binomial nomenclature
