classifications

Question 1

Biodiversity

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The variety of plant and animal life in the world or in a particular habitat

Question 2

Classification

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The arrangement of animals and plants in taxonomic groups according to their observed similarities

Question 3

Taxonomy

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The science of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms on the basis of shared characteristics.

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Systematics

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The study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time.

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Cladistics

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A biological classification system that involves the categorization of organisms based on shared traits.

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Nomenclature

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A system of names or terms, or the rules for forming these terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.

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Binomial Nomenclature

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

Question 8

Hierarchical

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An arrangement based on rank.

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Taxon

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

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Clade

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A group of organisms believed to comprise all the evolutionary descendants of a common ancestor.

Question 11

Kingdom

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A taxonomic rank that is composed of smaller groups called phyla (or divisions, in plants).

Question 12

Phylum

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A level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.

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Division

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A rank equivalent to phylum.

Question 14

Genus

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A taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses

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Species

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The fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus.

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Domain

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A taxon in the highest rank of organisms, higher than a kingdom.

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Prokaryote

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Unicellular organisms that consist of a single prokaryotic cell.

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Eukaryote

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Any cell or organism that possesses a clearly defined nucleus.

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Heterotrophic

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An animal that can’t make its own food supply, so they have to eat other things, like plants or other animals, to survive.

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Autotrophic

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An organism capable of synthesizing its own food from inorganic substances, using light or chemical energy.

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Saprotrophic

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Any organism, esp a fungus or bacterium, that lives and feeds on dead organic matter.

Question 22

Unicellular

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An organism that has only one single cell

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Multicellular

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An organism having or consisting of many cells.

Question 24

Motility

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The ability of organisms and fluid to move or get around.

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Homologous traits

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Traits that are shared by two or more different species that share a common ancestor.

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Analogous traits

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Similarity of function and superficial resemblance of structures that have different origins.

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Dichotomous key

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A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world

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Phylogenetic tree

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A branching diagram or “tree” showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological species or other entities

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Node

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A point in a network or diagram at which lines or pathways intersect or branch.

Question 30

Common ancestor

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An ancestor that two or more descendants have in common.

Question 31

Cladogram

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