Biological Classification

A character type that helps explain reproductive isolation and speciation.

• Chromosomal

• Genetic

• Phenotypic

• Environmental

branch of biology that deals with classifying, naming, and identifying organisms

• Taxonomy

• Ecology

• Genetics

• Anatomy

In the phylogenetic tree, they represent evolutionary lineages.

• Nodes

• Branches

• Leaves

• Roots

Systematic zoologists classify animals according to their ______.

• habitat

• diet

• evolutionary relationships

• size

In the phylogenetic tree, they represent common ancestors.

• Branches

• Leaves

• Nodes

• Roots

broader science of classifying organisms based on similarity, biogeography, etc.

• Taxonomy

• Systematics

• Phylogenetics

• Biodiversity

In the naming system, what comes next after Class?

• Family

• Order

• Genus

• Species

a species concept that defines a species as a group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups

• Biological Species Concept

• Morphological Species Concept

• Ecological Species Concept

• Phylogenetic Species Concept

It is a branching diagram that illustrates evolutionary relationships.

• Phylogenetic Tree

• Evolutionary Chart

• Genetic Map

• Species Diagram

Which levels are included in the binomial nomenclature?

• Genus and species

• Family and order

• Class and phylum

• Domain and kingdom