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Bio 2 Chapter 17
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Classification | grouping of organisms or objects based on a set of criteria that helps organize communicate and retain information |
| Taxonomy | branch of biology that identifies names and classifies species based on their natural relationship |
| Binomial nomenclature | Linnaeus's system of naming organisms which gives a scientific two word Latin name to each species the first part is the genus name and the second is the specific epithet |
| Taxon | named group of organisms such as a phylum genus or species |
| Genus | taxonomic group of closely related species with a common ancester |
| Family | taxonomic group of similar related genera that is smaller than a genus and larger than an order |
| Order | taxonomic group that contains related families |
| Class | taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders |
| Phylum | taxonomic group of related classes |
| Division | taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related classes of plants and bacteria |
| Kingdom | taxonomic group of related phyla or divisions |
| Domain | taxonomic group of one or more kingdoms |
| Phylogeny | evolutionary history of a species |
| Character | inherited morphological or biochemical feature that varies among species and can be used to determine pattern of descent |
| Molecular Clock | model that uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate phylogeny and rate of evolutionary change |
| Cladistics | taxonomic method that models evolutionary relationships based on shared derived characters and phylogenetic trees |
| Cladogram | diagram with branches that represents the hypothesized phylogeny or evolution of a species or group; uses bioinformatics morphological studies and information from DNA studies |
| Archea | Prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan |
| Protist | Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryote whose cell walls may contain ceullulose;can be plantlike animal like or funguslike |
| Fungus | unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that is stationary, absorbs nutrients from organic materials in the environment and has cell walls that contain chitin |