Question

The table below shows the complete classification of ion, wolf, tiger, fruitfly and red fox. TAXON LION WOLF TIGER FRUITFLY RED FOX Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordataa Arthropoda Chordata Class Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Insecta Mammalia Order Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Diptera Carnivora Damily Felidae Cranidae Felidae Drosophilidae Canidae Genus Panthera Canis Panthera Drosophila Vulpes Species Leo Lupus Tigris Melanongaster Vulpes Explain what happens to the characteristics and the number of organisms as you move from the phylum down the species. ( 2 marks)​

Answer 1

The characteristics become more similar to each other while the no. of organisms decreases from phylum to species.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is because the no. of organisms decreases, making the characteristics of the organisms similar due to the small no. of organisms in the taxon.