1.2.4 - Order
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Practice Questions
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What is the purpose of taxonomic Order?
💡 Hint: Think of how animals and plants are organized.
Give an example of an order in animals.
💡 Hint: What do cats and dogs have in common?
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What is the main criterion for organizing species into an Order?
💡 Hint: Think about what links families together.
True or False: The Order is a lower category than Family.
💡 Hint: Consider the hierarchy we discussed.
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Explore the role of Order in the classification of Marine animals. How would you classify a dolphin?
💡 Hint: Think about the features that enable them to live in the ocean.
Imagine you are a taxonomist creating a new Order. What criteria would you use to define it and which existing families would you include?
💡 Hint: Consider how organisms’ traits could reinforce or differentiate them.
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