#1 Flashcards
1
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Classification
A
The act of classifying something by characteristics
2
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Taxonomy
A
The branch of science that classifies
3
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Binomial Nomenclature
A
2 terms denoted to classify a species
4
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Taxon
A
Group of any rank, species, family, or class
5
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Genus
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Above species, below family
6
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Family
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Contains one or more genera
7
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Order
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Between class and family
8
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Class
A
A rank between phylum and order
9
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Phylum
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between kingdom and class, a rank
10
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Division
A
rank equivalent to phylum
11
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Kingdom
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highest rank in classifying
12
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Domain
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Largest of all groups
13
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Phylogeny
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The branch of biology that deals with polygenesis
14
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Characters
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any observable feature
15
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Molecular clock
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Measures the evolutionary divergence
