classification vocab

Question 1

classification

Answer 1

scientist group living organisms

Question 2

taxonomy

Answer 2

science of defining and naming groups of biological organisms

Question 3

binomial nomenclature

Answer 3

the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism

Question 4

taxon

Answer 4

a taxonomic group of any rank such as species family or class

Question 5

genus

Answer 5

a taxonomic category ranking used in biological classification that is below a family and above a species level

Question 6

famliy

Answer 6

intermediate ranks above the rank of genus

Question 7

order

Answer 7

taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes

Question 8

class

Answer 8

well known ranks in descending order of size are life

Question 9

phylum

Answer 9

taxonomic rank level below kingdom and above class in biological classification especially in animals

Question 10

division

Answer 10

taxonomic rank in biological classification that is used differently in zoology and in botany

Question 11

kingdom

Answer 11

highest rank grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common

Question 12

domain

Answer 12

highest rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy

Question 13

phylogeny

Answer 13

evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms

Question 14

characters

Answer 14

any observable feature or trait of an organism whether acquired or inherited

Question 15

molecular clock

Answer 15

technique that uses the mutation rate of bio molecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged

Question 16

cladistics

Answer 16

method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics

Question 17

cladogram

Answer 17

a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

Question 18

archaea

Answer 18

any of the unicellular microorganisms that is genetically distinct from bacteria and Eukaryotas

Question 19

protists

Answer 19

Eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as a plant,animal or fungus,provide food shelter and oxygen

Question 20

fungus

Answer 20

any of large division of thallophytes including molds,mildews mushrooms that are parasites on living organisms or that feed upon dead organic material