Which is the correct definition of artificial classification?
Classification based on the evolutionary relationship between organisms
Classification based on the observable characteristics of organisms
Classification based on the genotype of the organism
Which scientist first developed the science of classification?
Charles Darwin
Alfred Wallace
Carl Linnaeus
Which of these is the correct way to write a binomial name?
homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens
Homo sapiens
By looking at the DNA sequences of these three species, which two are most closely related?
A and B
B and C
A and C
Which of these is a type of domain?
Animal
Plant
Bacteria
What is speciation?
The process of formation of new species
The reclassification of a species
The process of classifying a species
What is a species?
Organisms that are incapable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring
Organisms that are capable of interbreeding to produce infertile offspring
Organisms that are capable of interbreeding to produce fertile offspring
What do evolutionary trees tell us?
How organisms have evolved from one another
The importance of large green plants in ecosystems
That no more organisms are evolving
Which process explains the theory of evolution?
Natural selection
Selective breeding
Artificial classification
Which of these technological advances has helped scientists to develop the classification system?
Making monoclonal antibodies
Fast sequencing of DNA
Genetic modification