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chapter 18 vocab
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | Scientists classify and assign each organism a universally accepted name. |
| Binomial Nomenclature | each species is assigned a two-part scientific name. |
| Genus | a group of closely related species. |
| Taxon | A taxonomic category. |
| Family | Is groups of large category. |
| Order | Is a broad taxonomic category composed of similar families. |
| Class | The next larger category composed of similar orders. |
| Phylum | made up by several different classes. |
| Kingdom | the largest and most inclusive of Linnaeus's taxonomic categories. |
| Domain | a more inclusive category than any other. Larger than the kingdom. |
| Bacteria | are unicellular and prokaryotic. |
| Eubacteria | These bacteria are ecologically diverse. |
| Archaea | live in some of the most extreme environments you can imagine. |
| Archaebacteria | is the kingdom of domain archaea. |
| Eukarya | consists of all organisms that have a nucleus. |
| Protista | is composed of eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi. |
| Plantae | are multicellular organisms that are photosynthetic autotrophs. |
| Animalia | are multicellular and heterotrophic. |