Categories
Domains and Kingdoms
Vocabulary
Scientific Names
Phylogenic Trees and Cladograms
100
What are the 8 levels of classification in order from largest to smallest?
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
100
How many different domains are there?
3
100

science of naming and classifying organisms

taxonomy
100
What is the 2 word system for naming organisms?
binomial nomenclature
100

What is the term where a branch splits on a cladogram or phylogenic tree

node

200
What is the broadest (largest) level of classification?
domain
200

Name 3 of the domains.

Archae, Bacteria, Eukarya

200

evolutionary history for a group of species is call a 

phylogeny

200
What is the process of naming and classifying organisms?
taxonomy
200

time moves in which direction in this phylogenic tree

up

300
What is the most specific (smallest) level of classification?
species
300
What domain are humans and other animals in?
Eukarya
300

a group of organisms in a classification system is called a 

taxon

300
What two words make up a scientific name? (What is the first word and what is the second word?)
genus and species
300

Where do derived characters go on a cladogram

between branches, on the bottom



400
What is the category that contains many similar phyla?
kingdom
400

How many kingdoms are there?

six

400

system that gives each species a two-part scientific name using Latin words

binomial nomenclature

400
How can you tell if two things are definitely two different species? (Hint: What is the definition of biological species?)
Two different species cannot successfully interbreed or reproduce together.
400

what is the term for a group of organisms that share certain traits that were derived from a common ancestor, on a cladogram

clade

500
What is the category that contains many similar families?
order
500

Which kingdom contains humans, elephants and snails.

Animalia

500

traits that are shared by some species but are not present in others, can be used to figure out evolutionary relationships

derived characters

500
What is an organism that results from interbreeding between two species? (Hint: This organism is often sterile, like a mule.)
a hybrid
500

What is the goal of cladistics? 

to arrange groups and species in the order in which they diverged from a common ancestor

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