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35 Cards in this Set
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Binomial nomenclature (339)
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A system of naming organisms that uses the genus name and a species identifier
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Class (338)
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A group of related orders
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Division (338)
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A group of similar classes of plants
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Family (338)
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A group of related genera
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Genus (338)
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A group of similar species
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Kingdom (338)
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A group of similar phyla or divisions
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Order (338)
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A group of similar families
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Phylogeny (339)
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The evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group
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Phylum (338)
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A group of similar classes
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Species (338)
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A group of organisms of a single type that are capable of producing fertile offspring in a natural environment
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Species Identifier (339)
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The second part of a species name
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Species name (339)
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The two-part scientific name of a species composed of the genus and the species identifier
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Subspecies (339)
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Varities of animal species that occur in different geographical areas
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Taxonomy (337)
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The science of grouping organisms according to their presumed evolutionary relationships
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Variety (339)
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A further division or subset of species
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Blastopore (344)
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A depression formed when cells of the blastula move inward
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Blastula (344)
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A hollow ball of cells formed when a zygote undergoes repeated cycles of cell division
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Cladistics (345)
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A system of phylogenetic classification using shared characters and the recency of ancestry is the sole criterion for grouping taxa
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Cladogram (346)
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Ancestry diagrams made by means of cladistic analysis
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Derived character (345)
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A feature that evolved only within the group under consideration, such as the feathers of birds
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Echinoderm (344)
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A radially symmetric marine invertebrate with an endoskeleton, a water-vascular system, and tube feet, such as a sea star, a sea urchin, or a sea cucumber
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Phylogenetic tree (342)
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A family tree that shows the evolutionary relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms
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Systematics (342)
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systematic taxonomy; taxonomic organization of living things in the context of evolution
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Domain (350)
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In the three-domain system of
classification, one of three broad groups that all living things fall into on the basis of rRNA analysis |
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Domain Arachaea (350)
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Known in the six-kingdom system as kingdom Archaebacteria
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Domain Bacteria (350)
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Known in the six-kingdom system as the kingdom Eubacteria
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Domain Eukarya (350)
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Consists of the protists, the fungi, and the plants and animals
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Eubacteria (348)
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The lineage of prokaryotes that includes all contemporary bacteria except archaeabacteria
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Kingdom Animalia (349)
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Made up of eukaryotic, multicellular heterotrophic organisms
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Kingdom Archaebacteria (348)
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Unicellular prokaryotes with distinctive cell membranes as well as biochemical and genetic properties that differ from all other kinds of life
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Kingdom Eubacteria (348)
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Unicellular prokaryotes; most of the bactera that affect your life
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Kingdom Fungi (349)
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Heterotrophic unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic organisms
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Kingdom Plantae (349)
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Multicellular plants
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Kingdom Protista (348)
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A veriety of eurkaryotic, mostly single-celled organisms
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Protist (348)
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Eukaryotic, unicellular organisms including protozoans, slime molds, and certain algae
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