DEFINITIONS
Different kinds of life existing everywhere.
BIODIVERSITY
A phylogenetic chart that is used when cladistics is considered.
CLADOGRAM
A unicellular kingdom full of extremeophiles.
ARCHAEA
A term to describe this kingdom which means organisms make their own food.
AUTOTROPHIC
Describing, naming, and classifying organisms.
TAXONOMY
The modern system of classification is referred to as this.
LINNAEAN SYSTEM
A very broad kingdom that is usually no longer recognized.
PROTISTA
Phyla in this kingdom often end in this suffix.
-PHYTA
System of phylogenetic analysis dependent on synapomorphy.
CLADISTICS
Two-name naming is referred to as this.
BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
The single celled kingdom that utilizes peptidoglycan.
BACTERIA
Conifers have naked seeds, meaning they are called this.
GYMNOSPERMS
Structures that are similar due to shared ancestry.
HOMOLOGOUS STRUCTURES
A phylogenetic diagram is often based on this plant structure.
TREE
A kingdom of usually moving, multicellular organisms.
ANIMALIA
The most basic structure from which a plant develops.
EMBRYO
Classifying organisms in terms of natural relationships.
SYSTEMATICS
Features that evolved only within a group under consideration.
DERIVED CHARACTERS
These organisms can be both unicellular and multicellular, and absorb their food.
FUNGI
Plants obtain their food through this process.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS