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WorksheetsIntro to Zoology Vocab
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 21mins
a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor
Clade
Phylum
zoology
genus
a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common
Taxon
Derived
Cladistics
species
(of a plant or animal structure) attached directly by its base without a stalk or peduncle.
Sessile
Zooanthellae
order
class
What type of diaagram is this
Bar
order
Cladogram
evolution
The comparison of the structure (anatomy) of one animal or plant with the structure of a different animal or plant.
Comparative anatomy
Taxon
Taxonomy
Linneaus
the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.
Morphology
Zoology
Genus
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo
Genus
class
fungi
clade
a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
the scientific study of the behavior, structure, physiology, classification, and distribution of animals.
Taxon
Zoology
Species
Motile
a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens.
Phylum
Family
Species
Genus
the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.
Binomial
Nomenclature
Cladistics
Derived
Zoology
The Largest kingdom with over 1 million known species,mulitcellular,reproduce sexually
Class
Animalia
Order
Fungi
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