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Grouping of Organisms or objects based on a set of criteria that helps organize

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Classification

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

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Taxonomy

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Linnaeus’s system of naming organisms, which gives a scientific 2-word Latin name to each species.

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Binomial Nomenclature

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Named group of organisms, such as phylum, genus, or species.

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Taxon

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Taxonomic group closely related species with a common ancestor

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Genus

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

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Family

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Taxonomic group that contains related family

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Order

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Taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders

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Class

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Taxonomic group of related classes

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Phylum

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Taxonomic term used instead of Phylum to group related classes of plants and bacteria

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Division

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Taxonomic group of related phyla or divisions

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Kingdom

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Taxonomic group of one or more kingdoms

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Domain

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Evolutionary history of a species

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Phylogeny

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Inherited morphological or biochemical feature that varies among species and can be used to determine patterns of descent

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Characters

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Model that uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate phylogeny and rate of revolutionary change

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Molecular Clock

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

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Cladistics

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Diagram with branches that represents the hypothesized phylogeny or evolution of a species or group.

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Cladogram

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Prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan

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Archaea

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Unicellular, multi-cellular, or colonial eukaryote whose cell walls may contain cellulose

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Protists

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Unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that is stationary, absorbs nutrients from organic materials in the environment, and has cell walls that contain chitin.

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Fungus

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