sorting it out Flashcards
The division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristic
classification
the science of describing,naming,and classifying organisms.
taxonomy
an aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions.
dichotomous key
a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments.
Archebacteria
A kingdom of mostly one-celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants.
Protista
A kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms.
Fungi
A kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms.
plantae
A kingdom made up of complex,multicellular organisms that lack cell walls.
Animalia
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.
Phylum
a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks in descending order of size are life,
class
a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes.
order
it is classified between order and genus.
family
it’s a taxonomic group covering more than one species.
Genus
are groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.
species
is the animal phylum with which everyone is most intimately familiar, since it includes humans and other vertebrates
chordata
