Biology test pearce
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- taxonomy
- scientists classify organisms and assign each organism a universally accepted name
- genus
- group of closely related species
- kingdom
- largest and most inclusive of the taxonomic levels
- binomial nomenclature
- a two word naming system developed by Linnaeus
- phylogeny
- evolutionary relationships among organisms
- evolutionary classification
- the strategy of grouping organisms together based on their evolutionary history
- derived characters
- characteristics that appear in recent parts of a lineage but not in its older members
- cladogram
- a digram that shows the evolutionary realationships among a group of organisms
- molecular clock
- comparisons of dna can also be used to mark the passage of evolutionary time
- bacteria
- unicellular and prokaryotic
- eubacteria
- bacteria are ecologically diverse, ranging from free living soil organisms to deadly parasites
- Archaea
- live in some of the most extreme environments
- Eukarya
- consists of all organisms that have a nucleus
- protista
- is composed of eukaryotic organisms-single celled organisms
- Fungi
- most feed on the dead or decaying organic matter
- Plante
- are multicellular organisms that are photosynthetic autotrophs
- anamalia
- multicellular heterotrophic