Biological Classification Concepts

Branch of biology that deals with the classifications of organism

Taxa means _______/

The scientific name of polar bear is "Ursus maritimus." The word "Ursus" is the ______

The scientific name of onion is Allium cepa. The word "cepa" is the ______

How many domains of classification are there?

How many kingdom classifications are there?

________ is the study of the evolutionary history of lineages of organisms.

______ is a group of species that includes a single common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor.

A trait that arose in the most common ancestor of a lineage and ws passed to its descendants.

The fundamental unit of heredity.