8A Taxonomy Vocabulary

Match the following

• taxa

• the science of naming and grouping organisms

• phylogeny

• taxanomic categorie; Example: Species

• hierarchal

• relating to a system of persons or things ranked one above the other

• taxonomy

• a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring; in biological classifications, the lowest taxonomic rank

• species

• the evolutionary history of an organism

Match the following

• binomial nomenclature

• the process of placing items into groups

• cladistics

• a branching, treelike diagram used to illustrate evolutionary relationships among organisms

• cladogram

• a system of classification that uses evolutionary relationships to group organisms

• classification

• a two-word naming system that uses genus and species to create a scientific name

in biological classification, the highest taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

in biological classification, a taxonomic rank is below the highest rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)

a biological classification in the taxonomic rank. (highlighted in yellow)