Chapter 17

Question 1

the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.

Answer 1

Classification

Question 2

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics.

Answer 2

Taxonomy

Question 3

a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts

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Binomial nomenclature

Question 4

a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class.

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Taxon

Question 5

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family

Answer 5

Genus

Question 6

a group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Answer 6

Family

Question 7

the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

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Order

Question 8

a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Answer 8

Class

Question 9

a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

Answer 9

Phylum

Question 10

Division is one of the four basic operations of arithmetic, the ways that numbers are combined to make new numbers.

Answer 10

Division

Question 11

a country, state, or territory ruled by a king or queen.

Answer 11

Kingdom

Question 12

an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler or government.

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Domain

Question 13

the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis.

Answer 13

Phylogeny

Question 14

the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.

Answer 14

Characters

Question 15

the average rate at which a species’ genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations.

Answer 15

Molecular clock

Question 16

a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common.

Answer 16

Cladistics

Question 17

a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

Answer 17

Cladogram

Question 18

Archaea constitute a domain of single-celled organisms.

Answer 18

Archaea

Question 19

a single-celled organism of the kingdom Protista, such as a protozoan or simple alga.

Answer 19

Protists

Question 20

A fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.

Answer 20

Fungus