Thursday, February 18, 2010

Homework date: 2-18-10

Question #1: Explain the purpose of classification.
The purpose of classification is to classify organisms with similar structures.
Question #2: Identify what information a scientist would use to determine an organism's phylogeny.
To find an organism's phylogeny, you can use fossils, hereditary information, and the early stages of development.
Question #3: Think Critically why would a field guide have common names as well as scientific names?
A field guide would have common and scientific names because the common names would be useful for ordinary people who don't know the scientific names, and scientific names would be needed because they have to avoid mistakes, to know the same genus, to give descriptions, and to organize data well.
Question #4: Classify Create a dichotomous key that identifies types of cars.
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