Biology- Vocab. Chp. 17

grouping of objects or organisms based on a set criteria

is the discipline of biology primaril concerned with indentifying naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships

Linnaeu's method of naming organisms

each category of organisms

a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

are inherited features that vary among species and they can be morphological or biochemical

is the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures

shows an anatomical similarity inherited from a common ancestor

it do not indicate a close evolutionary relationship

is a method that classifies organisms according to the order they diverged from a common ancestor

is a character found within the entire line of one descent of a group of organisms

are characters that are present in members of one group of the line but not in the common ancestor

a branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history o a species or group

are bacteria, whose cell wall contains peptidoglycan

an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. it includes living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria

is a unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrient from organic materials in its enviroment

superegnum, superkingdom, empire, or regio. is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysict.

a taxonomic certain category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common

the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms. the evolutionary history of a group organisms, especially as depicted in a family tree

are organisms that are part of the biological kingdom called the protista. these organisms are not plants, animals, bacteria, or fungi. protists are very diverse group of organisms.