Campbell Biology: Bio 2 Lab Practical 1 (non slide questions) Flashcards

The study of the diversity of organisms and their relationships to one another

the study of classification of our world including its procedures and rules

When writing a species by hand what should be included?

Type of keys in which the user moves through a series of contrasting, paired statements until a name is reached

Type of key that uses important, non superficial characteristics of the item or organism that are often not easily distinguishable by a non specialist but, are highly useful in creating dichotomy in the key

Type of key that is more superficial

the science that describes and reconstructs patterns of genetic relationships among species of organisms and those in higher taxa

Father of cladistics

on a cladogram, all the taxa that are descended from the ancestor are called the..

a derived character state of the taxon that has evolved only within the taxon in question

a derived character shared by two or more taxa.

a character state shared with all the other members of the clade

the part of the experiment that the scientist changes or manipulates

the part of the experiment that changes because of the chande in the other variable

the group of subjects that receive the treatment

the group of subjects where the independent variable is set to normal (not changed)

part of experiment deliberately designed to produce a positive result

part of the experiment deliberately designed to produce a negative result

All of the factors that are kept equal in the experiment and control gropus are called...

Name the 6 parts of a well-designed experiment

Name the taxonomic hierarchy