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taxonomy vocab
Question | Answer |
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What is Binomial nomenclature? | The system of naming organisms scientifically, developed by Carolus Linnaeus and consists of the genus and species names |
Kingdom | The highest level of taxonomic classification |
phylum | taxonomic level below kingdom and above class |
class | taxonomic level above order and below phylum |
order | below class and above family |
family | below order and above genus |
genus | level below the family and above the species |
species | group of organisms that can breed to generate offspring |
cladogram | diagram representing a hypothesis about the evolutionary descent of groups of organisms from a common ancestor |
Aristotle | the first to group and categorize living things |
taxonomy | a systematic process of classifying living organisms into groups based on their physical and genetic traits |
binomial nomenclature | the system of devising or choosing names for organisms in which two terms are used to detonate a species |
cladogram | a branched diagram resembling a tree that shows evolutionary relationships |
eukaryote kingdoms | protista, plantae, fungi, and animalia |