Biology Chapter 18 Vocabulary
The vocabulary for the Biology quiz on Tuesday, January 8th.
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- Archaea
- Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycan
- Family
- Group of genera that share many characteristics
- Kingdom
- Large taxonomic group, consisting of closely related phyla
- Class
- Group of similar orders
- Taxonomy
- Disipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name
- Derived Character
- Characteristic that appears in recent parts of a lineage, but not in its older members
- Archaebacteria
- Kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan
- Cladogram
- Diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
- Eukarya
- Domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei, including protists, plants, fungi, and animals
- Bacteria
- Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls containing peptidoclycans
- Plantae
- Kingdom of multicellular photosynthetic autotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose
- Fungi
- Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter
- Order
- Group of similar families
- Phylogeny
- The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms
- Taxon
- Group or level of organization into which organisms are classified
- Phylum
- Group of closely related classes
- Eubacteria
- Kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes whose cell walls are made up of peptidoglycan
- Binomial Nomenclature
- Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name
- Protista
- Kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are not classified as plants, animals, or fungi
- Evolutionary Classification
- Method of grouping organisms together according to their evolutionary history
- Genus
- Group of closely related species, and the first part of the scientific name in binomial nomenclature
- Domain
- Most inclusive taxonomic category; larger than a kingdom
- Animalia
- Kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls
- Molecular Clock
- Model that uses DNA comparisons to estimate the length of time that two species have been evolving independently