Classification Flashcards
Classification
the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms
Binomial nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts
Taxon
a taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists
Genus
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name
Family
is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus
Order
the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern
Class
is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic unit, a taxon, in that rank
Phylum
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom
Division
occurs below kingdom and above class
Kingdom
category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common
Domain
domain, also superkingdom or empire, is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy
Phylogeny
the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis
Characters
Letters or numbers
Molecular clock
the average rate at which a species’ genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations
