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Chp. 14 Vocbulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms. | Taxonomy |
| A system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name that consists of the genus name. | Binomial Nomenclature |
| The level of classification that comes after family and contains similar species. | Genus |
| The taxonomic category below the order and above the genus. | Family |
| The taxonomic category below the class and above the family. | Order |
| A taxonomic containing orders with common characteristics. | Class |
| The taxonomic group below kingdom and above class. | Phylum |
| The highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phylum. | Kingdom |
| Silimar kingdoms. | Domain |
| A group of organisms that can reproduce only among themselves and that are usually contained in a geographic region. | Biological Species |
| The evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group. | Phylogeny |
| The process by which unrelated species become more silimar as they adapt to the same kind of environment. | Converent Evolution |
| Siliarities that arise through converent evolution. | Analogous Character |
| A phylogenetic classification system that uses shared derived characters and ancestry as the sole criterion for grouping taxa. | Cladistics |
| With respect to two different groups, a character is defined if it evolved in a common ancestor of both groups. | Ancestral Character |
| An unique characteristic of a particular group of organisms. | Derived Character |
| A diagram that is based on patterns of shared, derived traits and that shows the evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms. | Cladogram |
| Taxonomists give varying degrees of importance to characters and thus produce a subjective analysis of evolutionary relationships. | Evolutionary Systematics |
| A branching diagram that shows how organisms are related through evolution. | Phyogenetic Tree |