Explain how universal classification organizes biodiversity, supports communication and reveals structural, functional and evolutionary relationships.
Evolution causes gene pools to change over time and new species to be formed.
Explain how a newly discovered plant species would be classified and named.
Naming:
a. binomial nomenclature/(plant is) given a binomial/double name;
b. first name is the genus and second name is the species/genus initial upper case and species lower case;
c. names (of plant species) are international/are universally understood/are published in journals;
Classification:
d. study the characteristics/structure/reproduction/chemical properties/DNA (of the plant);
e. put/classify (the plant) in a group/genus with other similar species;
f. natural classification corresponds with evolution/natural classification is based on many features
g. analogous features/features due to convergent evolution should not be used;
h. hierarchy of groups/taxa (in traditional classification/3 or more taxa in correct sequence (kingdom-phylum-class);
i. two or more of bryophyta, filicinophyta, coniferophyta and angiospermophyta named;
j. a clade is a group of organisms evolved from a common ancestor;
k. base sequences/amino acid sequences used to group organisms into clades/deduce evolutionary relationships;
l. cladograms show the relationships between clades/likely evolutionary divergence of clades;
m. each branch point/node represents where species are formed via divergent evolution;
n. species are now classified into a sequence of clades (rather than a rigid hierarchy of taxa);
For mpi, common names such as 'mosses' are acceptable.