Flashcards in science: chpt. 17 test Deck (20)
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The grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria
Classification
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A discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships
Taxonomy
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Gives species a scientific name that has two parts
Binomial Nomenclature
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A named group of organisms
Taxon
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A group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor; (plural-genera)
Genus
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Consisting of similar, related genera
Family
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Contains related families
Order
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Contains related orders
Class
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_____ contains related classes; (plural-phyla) _____ means the same but is used for classification of bacteria and plants
Phylum; division
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Related phyla or divisions
Kingdom
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The broadest of all the taxa; contained one or more kingdoms
Domain
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The evolutionary history of a species
Phylogeny
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Inherited features that vary among species
Characters
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A model used to compare DNA sequences from two different species to estimate how long the species have been evolving since they diverged from a common ancestor
Molecular clock
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The method that classifies organisms according to the order that they diverged from a common ancestor
Cladistics
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A branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny of a species or group
Cladogram
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Prokaryotes with peptidoglycan-containing cell walls
Eubacteria
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Prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan
Archaebacteria
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Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryote who cell walls may contain cellulose; can be plantlike animal-like, or funguslike
Protist
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