Classification
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| a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters | dichotomous key
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| the science of naming and grouping organisms | taxonomy (systematics)
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| the two-word naming system in which each organism is given a genus name and species name | binomial nomenclature
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| the most inclusive taxonomy category | domain
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| the largest and most inclusive group in the Linnaean classification system | Kingdom
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| a group of similar classes | Phylum
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| a group of similar orders | Class
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| a group of similar genera (genus plural) | Family
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| a group of similar species | Genus
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| a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring | species
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| Domain of unicellular prokaryotic organisms that do not have peptidoglycan in their cell walls | Archae (Kingdom Archaeabacteria)
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| Domain of unicellular prokaryotic organisms that have peptidoglycan in their cell walls | Bacteria (Kingdom Eubacteria)
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| Domain that consists of all organisms that have a nucleus | Eukarya
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| kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not classified as plants, animals, or fungi | Kingdom Protista
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| taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals; made up of eukaryotic, multicellular heterotrophic organisms | Kingdom Animalia
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| the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants; , eukaryotic, multicellular, autotrophic organisms with cellulose-containing cell walls | Kingdom Plantae
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| kingdom composed of heterotrophs; absorptive heterotrophs which obtain nutrients by decomposing dead and decaying organic material | Kingdom Fungi
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| a picture that shows evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms | cladogram
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| the study of how living and extinct organisms are related | phylogeny
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| a trait that developed in the most recent common ancestor of a lineage and was passed down to all of its descendents | derived character
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