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Mrs. Marshall's Taxonomy
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| organism that makes its own food, also called a producer | autotroph |
| first and largest taxon in a domain into which each organism is classified | kingdom |
| second smallest classification group, contains a number of closely related species | genus |
| organism that gets its food from other organisms, also called a consumer | heterotroph |
| two-name naming system | binomial nomenclature |
| disease-causing particle made of DNA or RNA covered with protein | virus |
| branch of biology that classifies and names organism | taxonomy |
| biological classification system based on phylogeny, assumes divergent evolution has occurred | cladistics |
| evolutionary relationships between species | phylogeny |