Definitions
grouping of objects or information based on similarities.
Classification
What information does a cladogram show us?
A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships based on physical characteristics
What question do you always start with on a dichotomous key (don't overthink it!)
Number 1!
This type of organism in a food web produces its own food using sunlight
Producer
branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on their characteristics.
Taxonomy
Cladogram 200
Gorilla
What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?
To identify an organism based on its physical traits
This is the first consumer in a food web, consumes the producer.
Primary Consumer
A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships based on physical characteristics
Cladogram
Cladogram 300
1 & 2
Dichot Key 300
Cethidea
This is an IUCN classification for animals that are going extinct, their populations are declining and their offspring are not surviving
Endangered
The two-word naming system developed by Linnaeus.
Binomial nomenclature
Cladogram 400
Four limbs
Dichot 400
Pine
The maximum amount of an individual species that an ecosystem can sustain
Carrying Capacity
A group that includes a common ancestor and all the descendants (living and extinct) of that ancestor.
Clade
The starting point and each split along a cladogram represents what?
A Common Ancestor
Dichot 500
Holly