classification

Question 1

classification

Answer 1

sorting something according to characteristics and qualities.

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

identifying, naming, and classifying species.

Question 3

binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

giving a species a specific name that has 2 parts

Question 4

taxon

Answer 4

a range of broad to specific characteristics

Question 5

genus

Answer 5

species that are closely related and share an ancestor.

Question 6

family

Answer 6

higher than taxon like similar, related genera

Question 7

order

Answer 7

contains related families

Question 8

class

Answer 8

contains related orders

Question 9

phylum

Answer 9

contains related classes, phylum is animals classification

Question 10

division

Answer 10

contains related classes, division is bacteria and plants

Question 11

kingdom

Answer 11

taxon composed of related phyla or divisions

Question 12

domain

Answer 12

more broad classification, contains one or more kingdoms

Question 13

phylogeny

Answer 13

the evolutionary history of species

Question 14

chacaters

Answer 14

inherited features that vary among species

Question 15

Molecular clock

Answer 15

a model used to compare DNA from two different species to estimate how long they have been evolving since they diverged from their ancestors.

Question 16

cladistics

Answer 16

classivies organisms in the order they diverged from a common ancestor

Question 17

cladogram

Answer 17

a diagram that shows the evleutionary history of a species or group.

Question 18

archaea

Answer 18

organisms that can be unicellular, colonial, or multicellular.

Question 19

protists

Answer 19

eukaryota that obsorbs neutrents from organic material in its environment.

Question 20

fungus

Answer 20

species classified in domian Archaea whis was thought to be older than bacteria and related to eukaryote.