Save
Upgrade to remove ads
Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or
show password
Forgot Password?
Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or
Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account. Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.
focusNode
Didn't know it?
click below
 
Knew it?
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
0:00
edit
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how

Chapter 14 Vocab

Vocab

QuestionAnswer
Taxonomy the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.
Binomial Nomenclature a system for giving each organism a two-word sceintific name that conists of the genus name followed by species names.
Genus the level of classifaction that comes after family and contains similar species.
Family the taxonomic category below the order and above the genus.
Order the taxonomic category below the class and above the family.
Clas the taxonomic category containing orders with common characterstics.
Phylum the taxonomic group below kingdom and above class.
Kingdom the highs=est taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla.
Domain a group of similar kingdoms.
Biological Species a group of organisms that can reproduce only among themselves and that are usaully contained in a geographic region.
Phyloggeny the evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group.
Convergent Evolution the process by which unrelated species become more siml=ilar as they adapt to the same kind of enviroment.
Analogous Character similarities that arise through convergent evolution.
Cladistics a phylogenetic classification system that uses shared derived characters and ancestry as the sole sole criterion for grouping taxa.
Ancestral Character with respect of two different groups.
Derived Character envolved in an ancestor of one group and not the other group.
Cladogram a branching diagram constructed of cladistics that biologist use.
Evolutionary Systematics taxonomists give varting degrees of importance to characters and thus produce a subjective analysis of evolutionary relationships.
Phylogenetic Trees the analysis that displays the evolutionary realationships,also a branching diagram.
Created by: Brit2014
Popular Biology sets

 

 



Voices

Use these flashcards to help memorize information. Look at the large card and try to recall what is on the other side. Then click the card to flip it. If you knew the answer, click the green Know box. Otherwise, click the red Don't know box.

When you've placed seven or more cards in the Don't know box, click "retry" to try those cards again.

If you've accidentally put the card in the wrong box, just click on the card to take it out of the box.

You can also use your keyboard to move the cards as follows:

If you are logged in to your account, this website will remember which cards you know and don't know so that they are in the same box the next time you log in.

When you need a break, try one of the other activities listed below the flashcards like Matching, Snowman, or Hungry Bug. Although it may feel like you're playing a game, your brain is still making more connections with the information to help you out.

To see how well you know the information, try the Quiz or Test activity.

Pass complete!
"Know" box contains:
Time elapsed:
Retries:
restart all cards