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| binomial nomenclature | a classification system assigning species a 2 part scientific name |
| yeasts and mushrooms | examples of fungi |
| derived character | a characteristic that appears in recent parts of lineage, but not in older members |
| family | a group of genera that share many characteristics |
| Carolus Linnaeus | the Swedish botanist who developed the two-word naming system |
| taxon | the singular of taxa |
| amoeba and paramecium | examples of organisms from kingdom Protista |
| domain | the most inclusive taxonomic category, larger than kingdom |
| fungi | a kingdom composed of heterotrophs with cell walls containing chitin |
| clade | a group of species including a common ancestor & all descendants |
| phyla | the plural of phylum |
| mosses, ferns, trees | examples of organisms from kingdom Plantae |
| biodiversisty | the total variety of organisms in the biosphere |
| eukarya | the domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei |
| class | a group of similar orders |
| genera | the plural form of genus |
| animalia | the kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls |
| archaea | a domain of unicellular prokaryotes that live in extreme environments, usually without oxygen |
| unicellular | single celled |
| plantae | a kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose |
| taxa | groups that have biological meaning |
| kingdom | a large taxonomic group of closely related phyla |
| phylogeny | the study of evolutionary relationships among organisms |
| cladogram | a diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms |
| protista | the kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not classified as plants, animals, or fungi |
| bacteria | the domain of unicellular prokaryotes that are very ecologically diverse |
| heterotroph | organisms that must consume another organism for energy & nutrients |
| phylum | a group of closely related classes |
| systematics | the scientific discipline of classifying organisms and assigning scientific names |
| genus | a group of closely related species |
| order | a group of similar families |
| species | a group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring |
| multicellular | composed of many cells |
| prokaryote | single celled organism lacking a nucleus |
| autotroph | organisms that can produce their own food using sunlight or chemical energy |
| DNA | the chemical that carries genetic information in living organisms |
| eukaryote | an organism whose cells contain a true nucleus |
| node | a point in a cladogram there ancestral lines split |
