Classification

Linnaeus' systems of naming organisms which give a scientific two word Latin name to species- first being the genus name and the second being the species

• Outgroup
• Phylogenetic Tree
• Cladogram
• binomial nomenclature

Traits that evolved in one species after it branched off from the other.

• derived characterisitics
• ancestral characteristics
• Binomal Nomenclature
• Cladogram

The evolutionary history of a species

• Phylogenetic Tree
• Outgroup
• Carolous Linnaeus
• Clade

Father of Taxonomy. He created binomial nomenclature; still used today.

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Charles Darwin

The grouping of organisms based on a set of criteria that helps organize, communicate, and retain information.

• Clade
• Taxonomy
• Classification
• Cladogram

A species is a group of similar organisms that

• can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.
• can live together on an island.
• can migrate to an island from the mainland.
• all have exactly the same traits.

Which term refers to the process by which individuals that are better adapted to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce?

• natural selection
• overproduction
• competition
• variation

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Darwin said that the number of offspring an organism has ___________________

• stays the same
• is more than can survive
• is less than needed

Which organisms are closely related?

• Equus ceballas (horse) & Equus burchellii (zebra)
• Cyanea artica (jellyfish) & Asterias rubens (sea star)
• Naja naja (cobra) & Crotalus atrox (rattlesnake)
• Alligator mississippiensis (alligator) & Crocodylus porosus (crocodile)

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Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carlus Linneaus

• Charles Darwin

• Albert Einstein

• Francis Crick