NURSING EXAM QUESTIONS
MICROBIOLOGY
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Classification, or taxonomy, is the arrangement of organisms into ____
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groups based on similarities.
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groups based on common differences.
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levels using appearance.
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random groups because taxonomists weren’t sure where to put them.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -In biology, taxonomy (from Ancient Greek (taxis) ‘arrangement’, and- (-nomia) ‘method’) is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
Detailed explanation-2: -Taxonomies are based on providing a hierarchical relationship map between a multitude of items while classification usually only groups items according to one or two attributes. The fundamental difference is that taxonomies describe relationships between items while classification simply groups items.
Detailed explanation-3: -Taxonomic hierarchy is the process of arranging various organisms into successive levels of the biological classification.
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