Taxonomy Vocab Quiz Monday

A way of grouping taxons based on shared and derived characteristics.

• BINOMIAL NOMECLATURE

• CLADISTICS

• DICHOTOMOUS KEY

A tool that allows users to determine the identity of an item using opposing or contrasting questions.

• BINOMIAL NOMECLATURE

• CLADISTICS

• DICHOTOMOUS KEY

A universal system for giving each organism a two-word scientific name.

• BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

• CLADISTICS

• GENUS

A taxonomic group below kingdom and above class.

• GENUS

• PHYLUM

• BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

The level of classification that comes after family and that contains similar species.

• GENUS

• ORDER

• PHYLUM

Any organism whose cells contain a nucleus and other organelles enclosed within membranes.

• PROKARYOTE

• EUKARYOTE

• UNICELLULAR

A single-celled organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus or any other organelles.

• PROKARYOTE

• PROTISTA

• EUKARYOTE

Kingdom of sessile, heterotrophic multicellular and unicellular eukaryotes.

• PROTISTA

• FUNGI

• PLANTAE

Large diverse kingdom of eukaryotic organisms. Many are microscopic. These can be autotrophs or heterotrophs and multicellular or unicellular.

• PROKARYOTE

• PROTISTA

• FUNGI

• EUBACTERIA

Kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic organisms. They are sessile and are autotrophs.

• PROTISTA

• PLANTAE

• FUNGI