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AS Taxonomy & Class.
Taxonomy & Classfctn
Question | Answer |
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the study of the classification, identification, and naming of organisms. | taxonomy |
the person who came up with binomial nomenclature. | Carl Linnaeus |
the two-name naming system used to classify organisms. | binomial nomenclature |
the broadest level in the hierarchy of classification. | domain |
the most specific level in the hierarchy of classification. | species |
the two names needed to create an organism's scientific name. | genus and species |
a tool used to identify organisms based off of their characteristics. | dichotomous key |
Domain, Kingdom, _____________, Class, ______________, ________________, Genus, _________________. | Phylum, Order, Family, Species |
A set of related organisms that share a common characteristic. | clade |
The different levels of the classification hierarchy (kingdom, phylum, etc.) are called | taxa (taxon - singular) |
Characteristic that appears in all members of a clade. | ancestral characteristic |
Characteristic that appears in some members of a clade. | derived characteristic |
Diagram representing evolutionary relationships and is organized by shared characteristics. | cladogram |
Scientific names should be written... | in italics; the genus name first - then the species name; capitalize the first letter of the genus name |