| A | B |
| Binomial nomenclature | each organism gets a two part scentific name |
| taxonomy | science of naming groups of organisms |
| taxon | group into which organisms are classified |
| species | smallest type of taxon |
| genus | group of closely related species |
| family | group of closely related genera |
| order | group of cosely related families |
| class | group of clsely related orders |
| phylum | group of closely related classes |
| kingdom | group of closely related phyla |
| monera | kigdom that includes prokaryotic organisms |
| protista | kingdom that includes all singled-celled eukarotic organisms |
| fungi | kigdom of organisms that build cell walls that do not contain cellouse |
| plante | kingdom that includes multicellular autotrophic organisms |
| animalia | kingdom that contains multicellular heterotrophic organisms whose cells lack cell walls |