Classification
Arranging organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences
Makes it easier for scientists to identify and study them
Binomial System of naming
GENERIC NAME - states genus ( capital beginning )
SPECIFIC NAME - states the species (underlined )
Taxonomy and groups
Grouped based on evolutionary features
K-ingdom P-hylum C-class O-rder F-amily G-enus S-species
Phylogeny
Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms – know how closely related they are
Common answctor
Last species in the last that existed before two new species began to evolve separately