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Unit 4.1 Diversity of life By Zahraa Amaialy
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- 1What is a species?A species is the smallest unit of biological classification
- 2What is important to look at when it comes to the determination of species?It is important to look at structural, ecological and DNA evidence
- 3Why are species genetically incompatible?Because of important differences in their DNA or chromosome structure and number.
- 4Definition of HybridsWhen two different species interbreed
- 5Scientists say that hybrids hybridize. Define hybridizationThe process of creating hybrids is hybridization
- 6What is an example of an animal hybridization?A male lion and a female tiger to produce a liger
- 7What is considered one of the oldest professions in the world?Taxomy
- 8Horses and donkeys can (BLANK) to produce (BLANK) offspringHorses and donkeys can (interbreed) to produce (hybrid) offspring
- 9What is the Linnaean classification?Revolutionized taxomy by creating the biological classification system that we still use today
- 10The Linnaean system of classification groups organisms into the categories: ???????Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
- 11What is the idea behind evolution?The idea behind evolution was that a species can change over many generations, resulting in the formation of new species
- 12Why are horses and donkeys considered to be separate species?Because the hybrid offspring are infertile
- 13How did scientists see evolution?Many scientists saw evolution as an improvement of species, resulting in increasingly more complex species, with humans as the most complex.
- 14What is artificial selection?Artificial selection is the process by which we choose to breed particular organisms with desirable features.
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