F212: Classification, Biodiversity & Evolution

What is the study of classification called?

What is Phylogeny?

What is classification?

What are the 8 taxonomic groups?

What are the key features of organisms in Kingdom Prokaryotae?

What are the key features of organisms found in Kingdom Protoctista?

What are key features of organisms found in Kingdom Fungi?

What are the key features of organisms found in Kingdom Plantae?

What are the key features of organisms found in Kingdom Animalia?

What is the binomial system of naming organisms?

Classification used to be solely based on observable features. What is it now based on?

What is the 3 domain classification system?

Define species

Define habitat

Define biodiversity.

Define habitat diversity

Define species diversity.

Define genetic diversity.

What can we do to ensure the areas sampled are random when measuring the biodiversity of a habitat?

What is species richness and how can it be measured?

What is species evenness and how can it be measured?

What is the equation for Simpson's index of diversity?
What does the result show?

Describe the current estimates of global biodiversity.

Define variation

Define intraspecific and interspecific variation.