Question

5. How are organisms classified (name the classification categories from largest to smallest)?
6. What is in a Latin name- what level of classification is inferred in the first name? The second name? Should Latin names be italicized?
7. Why are common names not as a reliable as Latin names in terms of communicating biology?
8. What is morphology?
9. What is an ecological community?

Answer 1

5) There are 9 levels of classification and the taxonomy is based on theses hierarchy classifications, and theses levels of classification are from largest to smallest from e Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

The largest layer of the classification hierarchy is Domain. There are 3 domains: Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.

here we take the examples of humans and cats .cats and humans come under in Eukarya.

The next layer is the Kingdom. There are 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea, and Bacteria. Cats and humans are in Animalia

Next is Phylum. The kingdom Animalia contains about 35 phyla. Cats and humans are in Chordata.

Next, we have Class. Cats and humans are in the class Mammalia

Next is Order. until this class, humans, and cats have fallen under the same classification.

Cats are in the order Carnivora, while humans are in the order Primates.

Next, we have a Family. Now the groups are getting much smaller. Cats are in the family Felidae, while humans are in the family Hominidae.

Genus is a commonly used level of classification. Cats are in the genus Felis, while humans are in the genus Homo.

Species is the most specific level of classification. When writing a species name, both the genus and species names are required. Cats are Felis catus and humans are Homo sapiens.

Between these levels, there are superorders and suborders and tribes and subspecies and other small levels of subdivision.

6)  The first part of the scientific name is the genus, and it is always capitalized.

The second part is the species epithet.

yes, The entire name is written in italics. Linnaeus proposed in this system, each species is assigned a two-part name. this system is known as binomial nomenclature and  The names are based in the universal language: Latin

7) Each nationality may have different common names for organisms, so in order to eliminate confusion, they used scientific names by assigning them a universal name that acts as a code. Scientists from one nation can converse with scientists from another about a specific organism with the aid of the scientific name, avoiding confusion that may arise from differing common names.

As a compound statement, a scientific name is created. this involves the genus and species name of an organism. The genus name comes first and it describes a narrow range of organisms within a family. The genus is always capitalized. followed by the specific species name, which is not capitalized.

The species names are often derived from either Latin or Greek. Scientific names should always be underlined or italicized

8) Morphology means it is the study of forms. It is The branch of linguistics that studies word structures, especially in terms of morphemes.

It is the study and description of word formation in language.

it is the study of word formation, of the structure of words.

Morphology deals with the syntax of complex words and parts of words also called morphemes

eg un-happy, care-less.

A morpheme is a minimal unit of meaning or grammatical function.

It is a meaningful linguistic unit consisting of a word, such as man, or a word element, such as - ed in walked, that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts.

9 )Community ecology, the study of the organization and functioning of communities, which are assemblages of interacting populations of the species living within a particular area or habitat.

Community ecology represents the population of all species living and interacting in an area at a particular time.

Each community has a special limit. Sometimes the boundary between two communities may be very sharp or gradual. • The transitional zone or junction between two or more diverse communities is called “ecotone”. The ecotone harbors a community termed ecotonal community with organisms of overlapping communities and some of the unique types.

The characteristics of communities are

Species Diversity

Growth & Structure

Dominance

Successions

Trophic levels

Elements Of Communities are

Herbivores

Primary Producers

Carnivores

Omnivores

Food chains and food webs