Bio 19.1 vocab

System of naming and classifying organisms based on shared characteristics and universal rules.

• Family

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Taxonomy

Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name.

• Class

• Taxon

• Taxonomy

• Binomial nomenclature

Group of closely related species; the first part of the scientific name in binomial nomenclature

• Genus

• Phylum

• Plants

• Kingdom

Group or level of organization into which organisms are classified

• Class

• Taxon

• Family

• Binomial nomenclature

In classification, a group of similar genera

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Family

• Class

In classification, a group of closely related families

• Taxonomy

• Taxon

• Order

• Genus

In classification, a group of closely related orders

• Peers

• Class

• Family

• Genus

In classification, a group of closely related classes

• Order

• Class

• Family

• Phylum

Largest and most inclusive group in classification

• Order

• Taxonomy

• Family

• Kingdom