Taxonomy & Classification Vocabulary

Evolutionary history of a group of related species

• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy
• Cladogram
• Taxon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

Science of classifying and naming organisms

• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy
• Cladogram
• Taxon

A diagram that displays proposed evolutionary relationships among a group of species

• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy
• Cladogram
• Taxon

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

A tool used for identifying organisms by using specific observable traits of the organism.

• Dichotomous Key
• Binomial Nomenclature
• Derived Characters
• Taxon

Naming system in which each species is given a two-part scientific name (genus and species) using Latin words

• Dichotomous Key
• Binomial Nomenclature
• Derived Characters
• Taxon

The largest level of classification that divides organisms as either eukaryotes, eubacteria or achaebacteria

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy

The second largest level of classification that divides all living organisms into 6 large groups based on common features

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylogeny
• Taxonomy

One of the three domains of life, containing single-celled prokaryotes in the kingdom Bacteria

• Bacteria
• Peptidoglycan
• Gram Staining
• Bacteriophage

The structural component found in the cell walls of eubacteria that distinguishes them from archeabacteria

• Bacteria
• Peptidoglycan
• Gram Staining
• Bacteriophage

A laboratory tool for determining whether a bacteria is gram positive or gram negative based on membranes present.

• Bacteria
• Peptidoglycan
• Gram Staining
• Bacteriophage