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cell biology
classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| identification of objects and gathers them into groups whose members are similar to one another | classification |
| science of naming organisms and assiging them to groups. | taxonomy |
| two part naming of an organism | binomial nomenclature |
| catagories into which organisms are classified or sorted | taxon |
| a population of an organism | species |
| first part of a name | genus |
| classification of a group of closely related genera. | family |
| classification of several families of simular organism | order |
| classification category of related order | class |
| phylum |