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Chpt. 17
life's diversity
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Binomial Nomenclature | linnaeus development to identify species |
| Class | is a taxon of similar orders |
| Classification | grouping of objects or info. based on similarities |
| Division | use taxonomists use the taxon |
| Familiy | similar genera |
| Genus | similar species |
| Kingdom | a taxon of similar phyla or divisions |
| Order | taxon similar families |
| Phylum | a taxon similar classes |
| Specific Epithet | describes a characteristic of the organism |
| Taxonomy | branch of biology that groups & names organisms based on studies of their different characteristics |
| Cladistics | 1 classification that is based on phylogeny |
| Cladogram | identify a group's derived traits and use them to make a branching diagram |
| eubacteria | very strong cell walls & a less complex genetic makeup than found inn archbacteria/ eukaryotes |
| fungus | either unicellular/multicellular eukaryote that absords nutrients from organic materialls in the enviroment |
| phylogeny | evolutionary history of a species |
| protist | eukaryot that lacks complexorgan systems and live in moist enviroments |