| A | B |
| Taxonomy | To give names to things |
| species | a group of organisms with similar characteristics |
| Phylogeny | the history of a species as they change through time |
| Dichotomous key | a tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items |
| homology | similarities between organisms |
| eukaryotic | cells with a nucleus |
| prokaryotic | cells with no nucleus |
| autotrohic | organism that makes it's own food |
| heterotropic | organism that must consumes food |
| A clade | a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor. |