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Clasification Bio
Domains, kingdoms, classes, and many more.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Biodiversity | the variety of organisms considered all levels from populations to ecosystems |
| taxonomy | the science of describing , naming, and classifying organisms |
| taxon | any particular group within a taxonomic system |
| kingdom | in a traditional taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic category |
| Domains | categories above the kingdom level |
| phylum | subjects below the kingdom level |
| classes | phylum consists of these and a class contains orders |
| orders | within the class |
| family | smaller grouping under order |
| genus | even smaller grouping under family |
| species | smallest grouping which contains only a single kind of organism |
| binomial nomenclature | a system of two-part names |
| subspecies | variants of a species that live in different geographic areas (follows the species identifier) |
| division | in a traditional taxonomic system for plants, the category contained within a kingdom and containing classes |
| Bacteria | made up of small, single-celled prokaryotic organisms that usually have a cell wall and produce by cellular fission |
| Archaea | second domain prokaryotes that have distinctive cell membranes and other unique biochemical and genetic properties |
| Eukarya | most familiar groups of organisms which consist of eukaryotic organisms |
| Eubacteria | means “true |
| Archaebacteria | means “ancient bacteria” and aligns with the domain Archae |
| Protista | one of the four kingdoms of eukaryotes whose members are called protists |
| Fungi | second kingdom of eukaryotes consists of eukaryotic, heterotrophic organisms that are unicellular and multi |
| Plantae | third kingdom of eukaryotes which consist of eukaryotic, multi |
| Animalia | fourth kingdom of eukaryotes which consists of eukaryotic, multi |