Taxonomy and Classification Vocabulary

a two-part naming system that names each organism by giving its geneus and species

• taxonomy

• binomial nomenclature

• geneus

• species

the largest taxon that contains the greatest diversity of organisms

• genus

• species

• kingdom

• phylum

the smallest taxon group; represents a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offpsring

• species

• genus

• order

• kingdom

the branch of biology that names and classifies organisms into taxa (from kongdom to species)

• binomial nomenclature

• taxonomy

• classifiaction

• domain

a domain of prokaryotes that can exist in the most extreme environments on Earth; includes archabacteria

• archaea

• eukarya

• domain

• bacteria

newest kingdom of organisms that look like bacteria but have different characteristics than "normal" bacteria

• ekarya

• eubacteria

• archaebacteria

• bacteria

a domain of prokaryotes (belonging to the kingdom Eubacteria); can be classified according to shape, oxygen requirement, cell wall, and disease-casuing ability

• eubacteria

• archae

• bacteria

• archaebacteria

the highest taxonomic category based on Carl Woese's three-domain tree of life system; a taxon larger than a kingdom

• domain

• archaea

• eukarya

• taxonomy

the kingdom that includes typical bacteria

• eubacteria

• archaeabacteria

• eukaraya

• domain

domain made up of all organisms that have eukaryotic cells (cells comtaining a nucleus)

• archaea

• bacteria

• eukarya

• eubacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2