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| binomial nomenclature | two name naming system |
| Linnaeus | father of modern classification |
| Genus | first part of scientific name |
| species | second part of scientific name |
| cladogram | diagram which shows how organisms are related evolutionarily |
| derived characters | characteristics which are found in modern organisms but not their ancestors |
| evolutionary clock | the use of DNA to establish a time frame of two organisms separation from one common ancestor |
| taxa | a group or level of organisms |
| taxonomist | scientist who classifies organisms |
| evolutionary classification | the use of Darwin's theory to determine classification linage |
| protista | kingdom with unicellular, eukaryotic plant-like and animal-like organisms |
| fungi | kingdom with multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs that feed on dead or decaying organisms |
| plantae | kingdom with multicellular, eukaryotic, photosynthetic autotrophs |
| animalia | kingdom with multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs that are motile |
| archaebacteria | kingdom with unicellular, prokaryotic organisms with peptidoglycans |
| eubacteria | kingdom of unicellular, prokaryotic organisms without peptidoglycans, "true" bacteria |
