Classification/Taxonomy Vocab Test

The study of naming and classifying organisms

(a)  

• Taxonomy
• Classification
• Dichotomous Key
• Cladogram

The father of taxonomy.

• Charles Darwin

• Gregor Mendel

• Carl Linnaeus

• Watson and Crick

The system of giving a species a unique name that has two parts (usually in Latin or Greek)

(a)  

• Binomial nomenclature
• Classification
• Taxonomy
• Dichotomous Key

The process of grouping things based on their similarities.

• Classification

• Binomial nomenclature

• Taxonomy

• Cladogram

An organism that only has one cell.

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Monocellular

• Domain

An organism that has more than one cell.

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

A tool that provides the reader with two choices that describes the characteristics about items or living things.

• Histogram

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous Key

• Textbook

Organisms who lack a nucleus and organelles.

• Heterotroph

• Multicellular

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

Organisms who have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Heterotroph

• Autotroph

Most inclusive taxon (Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya)

• KIngdom

• Domain

• Eukaryote

• Dichotomous key