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Chap. 17 Key Terms

Classification

TermDefinition
Classification the grouping of objects or information based on similarities.
Taxonomy is the branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on their diff characteristics.
Binomial Nomenclature a modern classification system use a two word naming system made by Linnaeus.
Genus consists of a group of similar species.
Specific Epithet the second word, which describes a characteristic of an organism.
Family the next larger taxon in the biological classification system, consists of a group of similar genera.
Order is a taxon of similar families.
Class is a taxon of similar orders.
Phylum is a taxon of similar classes.
Division plant taxonomists use this taxon instead of phylum.
Kingdom a taxon of similar phyla or divisions.
Phylogeny the evolutionary history of a species.
Cladistics one biological system of classification that is based on phylogeny.
Cladogram biologists identify a group's derived traits and use them to make a branching diagram.
Eubacteria have strong cell walls and a less complex genetic makeup than found in archaebacteria or eukaryotes.
Protist a eukaryote that lacks complex organ systems and lives in moist enviroments.
Fungus is either a unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrients from organic material in the enviroment.
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