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| Classification | is the grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria. |
| Taxonomy | a discipline of biology concerned with identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships. |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Naming system using two names- genus, species |
| Phylum | or division contains related classes |
| Kingdom | Largest classification group composed of related phyla or divisions |
| Species | Smallest Classification group |
| Genus | a group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor |
| Order | contains related families |
| Class | contains related orders |
| Domain | The broadest of all the taxa and contains one or more kingdoms. |
| Archaea | Domain that contains the bacteria that live in extreme environments, have introns and are not killed by antibiotics. |
| Bacteria | a diverse group that can survive in many different environments and ehose cell walls contain peptidoglycan |
| Eukarya | Domain that contains all of the organisms that have eukaryotic cells which have a membrane-bound nucleus and organelles |
| Family | An order is a taxon that contains similar, related genra |
| Phylogeny | The evolutionary history of a species |
| Cladogram | a branching diagram that represents the proposed evolutionary history of a species or group. |
| Derived characteristics | inherited features |
