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Chapter 18 - Classification

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science of naming organismstaxonomy
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Speciescorrect order of classification groups
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Order, Genus, SpeciesIncorrect order of classification groups
archaebacteria, eubacteria, protista, fungi, plantae, animalialist of 6 kingdoms
Carolus Linnaeuslived in the mid 1700's, and created the first biological classification naming system
taxacategory or group, such as a phylum, order, family, genus, or species
cladea group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor
derived charactera new trait(s) shared by the members of a group of organisms with many similarities, known as a clade. These characteristics, but are not shared by the ancestors of a certain clade (this indicates that these traits evolve as a result of the clade's evolution)
systematicsthe science of figuring out genetic relationships between organisms
binomial nomenclatureEvery organism is given a two-part name: Genus, species


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