Classification

Question 1

Classification

Answer 1

grouping of organisms or objects based on a set of criteria that helps organize, communicate, and retain information.

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

Branch of biology that identifies names and classifies species based on their natural relationships.

Question 3

Binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

Linnaeus’s system of naming organisms

Question 4

Taxon

Answer 4

named groups of organisms such as a phylum, genus or species.

Question 5

Genus

Answer 5

taxonomic group of closely related species with a common ancestor.

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Family

Answer 6

taxonomic group of similar, related genera that is smaller than a genus and larger than an order.

Question 7

Order

Answer 7

Taxonomic group that contains related families.

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Class

Answer 8

taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders.

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Phylum

Answer 9

taxonomic group related to classes.

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Division

Answer 10

taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related classes of plants and bacteria.

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Kingdom

Answer 11

Taxonomic group of related phyla or division.

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Domain

Answer 12

Taxonomic group of one or more kingdoms.

Question 13

Phylogeny

Answer 13

Evolutionary history of species.

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Characters

Answer 14

inherited morphological or biochemical feature that varies among species and can be used to determsin patterns of descent.

Question 15

Molecular clock

Answer 15

model that uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate phylogeny and rate of evolutionary change.

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Cladistics

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taxonomic method that models evolutionary relationships based on shared derived characters and phylogenetic trees.

Question 17

Cladogram

Answer 17

diagram with branches that represents the hypothesized phylogeny or evolution of a specie or group.

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Archaea

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prokaryotes whose cell walls do nor contain peptidoglycan.

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Protists

Answer 19

unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryote whose cells walls may contain cellulose.

Question 20

Fungus

Answer 20

Unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that is stationary.