Classification

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action of process of classifying plants and animals in taxonomic groups according to characteristics and similarities

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Classification

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branch of science concerned with classifying organisms

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Taxonomoy

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system of nomenclature where two terms denote a species of organisms. First genus, then specific epithet

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Binomial nomenclature

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taxonomic group of any rank, ex: species, family, class, etc.

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Taxon

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taxonomic rank between species and family, groups species together by characteristics

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Genus

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taxonomic rank between genus and order, puts similar genus’s in a group

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Family

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taxonomic rank between class and family, puts similar families together

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Order

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taxonomic rank between order and phylum/division, puts similar orders together

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Class

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taxonomic rank between class and kingdom, puts similar classes together

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Phylum

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taxonomic rank equivalent to phylum, used in place of phylum in some kingdoms

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Division

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highest taxonomic rank

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Kingdom

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highest taxonomic rank in the three-domain system of taxonomy, designed by Carl Woese

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Domain

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branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis (evolutionary development and diversification of a species)

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Phylogeny

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a characteristic that assists in the identification of a species

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Characters

Question 15

average rate that a species’ genome mutates, measures evolutionary divergence

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Molecular clock

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classification of animals and plants according to proportion of measurable characteristics in common

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Cladistics

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branching diagram showing cladistic relationship between a number of species

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Cladogram

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type of bacteria living in extreme environments such as volcanoes and ocean floor

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Archae

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eukaryotic organisms that aren’t fungi, plants, or animals. Mostly unicellular, but some multicellular

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Protists

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group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms, plant-like but heterotrophs, decomposers

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Fungus