Chapter 18: Classification

Question 0

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 0

Two-word naming system invented by Carolus Linnaeus

Question 1

Taxonomy

Answer 1

Scientist classify organisms and assign each organism a name

Question 2

Genus

Answer 2

Group of closely related species

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Taxon

Answer 3

Levels of binomial nomenclature

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Family

Answer 4

Genera that share characteristics

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Order

Answer 5

Level consisting of similar families

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Class

Answer 6

Composed of similar orders

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Phylum

Answer 7

Group of many different organism that share characteristics

Question 8

Kingdom

Answer 8

Largest and most inclusive

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Phylogeny

Answer 9

Evolutionary relationships.

Question 10

Evolutionary classification

Answer 10

Strategy of grouping together due to their evolutionary history

Question 11

Derived characters

Answer 11

Characteristics that appear in recent lineage but not in ancestors

Question 12

Cladogram

Answer 12

Diagram that shows evolutionary relationships

Question 13

Molecular clock

Answer 13

Model that uses DNA comparisons to the length of time that two species have been evolving independently

Question 14

Bacteria

Answer 14

Unicellular and prokaryotic

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Archaea

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Unicellular and prokaryotic, live in very extreme climates.

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Archaebacteria

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Corresponds to the domain archaea.

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Eukarya

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Consists of all organisms that have a nucleus.

Question 18

Protista

Answer 18

Eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi

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Fungi

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Heterotrophs. Feed on dead or decaying matter.

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Plantae

Answer 20

Multicellular organisms.

Question 21

Animalia

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Multicellular heterotrophic. Animals.