science: chpt. 17 test

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A discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships

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Taxonomy

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The grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria

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Classification

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Gives species a scientific name that has two parts

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Binomial Nomenclature

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A named group of organisms

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Taxon

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A group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor; (plural-genera)

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Genus

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Consisting of similar, related genera

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Family

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Contains related families

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Order

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Contains related orders

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Class

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_____ contains related classes; (plural-phyla) _____ means the same but is used for classification of bacteria and plants

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Phylum; division

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Related phyla or divisions

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Kingdom

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The broadest of all the taxa; contained one or more kingdoms

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Domain

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The evolutionary history of a species

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Phylogeny

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Inherited features that vary among species

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Characters

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A model used to compare DNA sequences from two different species to estimate how long the species have been evolving since they diverged from a common ancestor

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Molecular clock

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The method that classifies organisms according to the order that they diverged from a common ancestor

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Cladistics

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A branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny of a species or group

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Cladogram

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Prokaryotes with peptidoglycan-containing cell walls

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Eubacteria

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Prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan

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Archaebacteria

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Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryote who cell walls may contain cellulose; can be plantlike animal-like, or funguslike

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Protist

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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