| A | B |
| Genetic differences between related individuals within a species | variations |
| The branch of biology that deals with classifying organisms | taxonomy |
| The physical differences between male and female animals | sexual polymorphism |
| Members are able to breed and produce fertile offspring under natural conditions | species |
| Structures that reflect related ancestry | homologies |
| Structures that reflect similar function but not related ancestry | analogies |
| The two-word naming system used to identify species | binomial nomenclature |
| Flesh-eating anmials belong to this order | Carnivora |
| A scientific names consists of which two scientific categories | genus and species |
| A scientific name can be recognized in text because it is in | italics |
| Botanists prefer this terms to phylum | division |
| Scientific names are written in what language | Latin |
| Organisms in this kingdom are often decomposers with chitinous cell walls | Fungi |
| Organisms in this kingdom obtain their food through ingestion | Animalia |
| Organisms in this kingdom are multicellular photoautotrophs | Plantae |
| Organisms in this kingdom are very diverse | Protista |
| A method of classification that groups species according to ancestry and homologies | cladistics |
| A model of classification that gives equal importances to all characteristics and assigning each a numerical value | phenetics |
| Biological classification of organisms is based on | Evolutionary history |
| The second largest of the 7 taxa | Phylum |
| A classification family includes closely related | genera |
| His discoveries affected classification due to organisms having similarities and differences based on evolutionary changes | Darwin |
| System of classification was based on structural features | Linnaeus |
| Methanogens are classified as this group | Archaebacteria |
| These oranisms have peptidoglycan in their cell walls | Eubacteria |