biology flashcards #3
Classification
action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics
Taxonomy
branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics
Kingdom
country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen
Phylum
principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom
Class
set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.
Order
arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.
Family
group consisting of parents and children living together in a household
Genus
principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family
Species
group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding
Animalia
multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom they can move spontaneously and independently at some point in their lives.
Chordata
animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord, dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill clefts and including the vertebrates, lancelets, and tunicates.
Mammalia
warm-blooded higher vertebrates as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans.
Primate
monkeys,
Hominid
humans and their fossil ancestors
Linnaeus
current system for classifying plants and animals.
Dichotomous Key
tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish
Domain
area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.
Archaebacteria
that are similar to bacteria in size and simplicity of structure but radically different in molecular organization. They are now believed to constitute an ancient intermediate group between the bacteria and eukaryotes.
Bacteria
member of a large group of unicellular microorganisms that have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease
Protist
any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans, most algae, and often some fungi (as slime molds)
Fungi
group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.
Plantae
axonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
