Classification and Evolutionary Relationships

A system that names each organism by giving its genus and species

• Binomial nomenclature
• Polyomial nomenclature
• Monomial nomenclature
• Trinomial nomenclature

The largest taxon that contains the greatest diversity of organisms

• species

• genus
• kingdom

• family

The smallest taxon; represents a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

• genus
• species
• family
• order

The branch of biology that names and classifies organisms into taxa (from kingdom to species)

• taxonomy
• ecology
• genetics
• botany

A domain of prokaryotes that can exist in the most extreme environments on Earth

• Bacteria
• Protozoa
• Fungi
• Archaea

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

• Archaeabacteria

• Viruses
• Fungi
• Protists

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

• Protozoa

• Fungi
• Bacteria

• Plants

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

• Empire
• Territory
• Province
• Domain

The kingdom that includes typical bacteria

• Plants
• Eubacteria

• Animals
• Fungi

Domain made up of all organisms that have eukaryotic cells

• Bacteria
• Archaea
• Eukarya
• Prokarya