chapter 18 vocabulary 2
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- family
- in taxonomy, a group of related genera
- genus
- in taxonomy, a group of similar species
- kingdom
- in taxonomy, a group of similar phyla or divisions
- kingdom Animalia
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made up of eukaryotic, multicellular heterotrophic
organisms - kingdom Archaebacteria
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group containing unicellular prokaryotes with
distinctive cell membranes as well as genetic and biochemical properties that
differ from all other kinds of life - kingdom Eubacteria
- made up of unicellular prokaryotes
- kingdom Fungi
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made up of heterotrophic unicellular and multicellular
eukaryotic organisms that absorb rather than ingest nutrients - kingdom Plantae
- made up of all multicellular plants
- order
- in taxonomy, a group of similar families
- phylogenetic tree
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a family tree that shows the evolutionary relationships
thought to exist among groups of organisms - phylogeny
- the evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group
- phylum
- in taxonomy, a group of similar classes
- protist
- members of the kingdom Protista
- species
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a group of organisms of a single type that are capable of producing
fertile offspring in the natural environment - species identifier
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the second part of a species name; humans are known by
genus name Homo and by species identifier sapiens; specific epithet - species name
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the two-part scientific name of a species composed of the genus
and the species identifier - subspecies
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varieties of animal species that occur in different geographical
areas - systematics
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systematic taxonomy; taxonomic organization of living things in
the context of evolution - taxonomy
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the science of grouping organisms according to their presumed
evolutionary relationships - variety
- a further division or subset of species