Chapter 1: Evolution Life on Earth Flashcards
smallest unity with the capacity to live and reproduce, independently or as part of a multicellular organism
Cell
the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics
Taxonomy
Most inclusive group?
Domain
put in order from most to least.
family, phylum, kingdom, class, species, genus, order
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
includes all populations of individuals that have very similar structure, biochemistry, and behavior, and can successfully interbreed
species
a group of similar species that share recent common ancestry
genus
Scientific name.
First part identifies what?
Second part?
genus, a species within that genus
Eukarya
Domain
Animalia
Kingdom
Chordata
Phylum
Mammalia
Class
Primates
Order
Hominidae
Family
Homo Sapiens
Species
Homo
Genus