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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the science of describing naming and classifying organisms | Taxonomy |
| system of giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consist of the genus names followed by the species | Binomial nomenclature |
| a segment of DNA that is located in a chromosome and that codes for a specific hereditary trait | gene |
| the taxonomic category below the order and above the genes | family |
| the taxonomic category below the class and above the family | order |
| a taxonomic category containing orders with common characteristics | class |
| the taconomic group below kingdom and above class | phylum |
| the highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla | kingdom |
| all living things are grouped into doms | domain |
| a groups of organisms that can reproduce only among themselves and that usually contained in a geographic region | biological species |
| the evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group | phylogeny |
| process by which unrelated species become more similar as they adapt to the same kind of enviroment | convergent evolution |
| similarities that arise through convergent evolution | analogous characteristic |
| a unique characteristic of a particular group of organism | derived character |
| diagram based on patterns | cladogram |
| a change in the characteristic of a population from one generation to the next | evolutionary systematics |
| a branching diagram that shows how organisms are related through evolution | phylogenetic tree |