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taxonomy vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |