175k views
4 votes
A biology student is studying ground squirrels in a local park. She has captured, measured, and released many ground squirrels from an upland, rocky, wooded area, and many similar ground squirrels from a shrub area in soft soil near a stream. She is measuring skull dimensions, leg and claw lengths and shapes, and other traits of the ground squirrels from each collection area. She is involved in _________.

1 Answer

1 vote

Answer: She is involved in Taxonomy

Step-by-step explanation:

What is Taxonomy?

Taxonomy is explained as the science of giving names, classifying and describing plants , animals and microorganisms.

A taxonomists will look at form, structure, behaviour and biochemical reactions in order to put species into their classification.

User Smartelf
by
8.0k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.