Classification Unit

Question 1

classification

Answer 1

grouping of an organism or objects based off of criteria that helps organize communicate and retain info

Question 2

taxonomy

Answer 2

branching 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 which gives a scientific two-word Latin name to each species
- the first part is the genus name and the second is the specific epithet

Question 4

taxon

Answer 4

named group of organisms, such as phylum, genus, or species

Question 5

genus

Answer 5

taxonomic group of closely related species with a common ancester

Question 6

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

Question 8

class

Answer 8

taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders

Question 9

phylum

Answer 9

taxonomic group of related classes

Question 10

division

Answer 10

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

Question 11

kingdom

Answer 11

taxonomic group of phyla or divisions

Question 12

domain

Answer 12

taxonomic group of one or more kingdoms

Question 13

phylogeny

Answer 13

evolutionary history of a species

Question 14

characters

Answer 14

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

Question 15

molecular clock

Answer 15

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

Question 16

cladistics

Answer 16

taxonomic method that models evolutionary relationships based of shared derived characters and phylogenic trees

Question 17

cladogram

Answer 17

diagram with branches that represents the hypothesized phylogeny or evolution of a species or group; uses bioinformatics, morphological studies, and information from DNA studies

Question 18

archaea

Answer 18

(archaea bacteria) prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan

Question 19

protists

Answer 19

unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryote whose cell walls may contain cellulose; can be plantlike, animal-like, or fungus-like

Question 20

fungus

Answer 20

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