Question

1. Place the following taxonomic groups in order, from largest to smallest: class, domain, family, genus, kingdom, order, phylum, species, subspecies.

2. How does genetic diversity affect a population's chances of survival?

Answer 1

1. Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, and subspecies.

2. If a variety of the species with a certain gene is vulnerable to a specific disease, predator, or environmental development, other members of the species with variants of the gene may be better equipped to handle the problem, and the species won't die out, just a portion of the disadvantaged.