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Ch. 18 Classification And Study Study Guide - Unit 5 - Classification, Mrs. Gretchen Whelan, Lafayette High School

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Ch. 18 Classification

Study Guide

Vocabulary Review

Use the words below to fill in the blanks with terms from the chapter.

Cladogram

Domain

Eubacteria

Binomial nomenclature

Genus

Kingdom

Phylogeny

Evolutionary classification

Species

Family

Taxonomy

Eubacteria

1. The kingdom

makes up the domain Bacteria.

Domain

2. The newest and largest classification category is the

Family

3. A group of genera (many genus) that share many characteristics is called a(n)

cladogram

4. A diagram that shows evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms is a(n)

Kingdom

5. The largest and most inclusive taxon in Linnaeus’s system is the

Genus

6. A group of closely related species is a

phylogeny

7. The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms is called

taxonomy

8. The science of classifying living things is called

9. A system of naming in which organisms are given a universally accepted name made up of two parts is

binomial nomenclature

called

Species

10.

are organisms with similar characteristics that can breed with one another and produce fertile

offspring.

evolutionary

11. The procedure of grouping organisms based on their evolutionary history is called

classification

Ch. 18 Classification And Study Study Guide - Unit 5 - Classification, Mrs. Gretchen Whelan, Lafayette High School