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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the science of ray-fimed fishes that have a caudal fin, scales, and a swim bladder;the largest group of bony fishes. | taxonomy |
| a system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name. | binomial nomenclature |
| a taxonomic category containing similiar species. | genus |
| the taxonomic category below the order and above the genus. | family |
| the taxonomic category below the class and above family. | order |
| a taxonomic category containing orders with common characteristics. | class |
| the taxonomic group below kingdom and above class. | phylum |
| the highest taxonomic category which contains a group similar to phyla. | kingdom |
| all living things are grouped into one of three kinds of domains. archaea, bacteria, eukarya | domains |
| group of organismsthat can reproduce only amoung themselves. and that are usually contained in a geographic region. | biological species |
| the evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group. | phylogeny |
| the process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of enviroment. | convergent evolution |
| if it envolved in an ancestor of both groups it is defined as this. | analogous character |
| if it is involved in an ancestor of one group but not of the other. | derived character |
| diagram that is based on patterns of shared, derived traits and that shows the evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms. | cladogram |
| change in the characteristics of a population from one generation to the next. | evolutionary systematics |
| a brancing diagram that shows how oraganisms are related through evolution. | phylogenetic tree |