Taxonomy Vocab Flashcard Monday

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Grouping taxons by shared and derived traits.

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CLADISTICS

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Tool for identifying items using contrasting questions.

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DICHOTOMOUS KEY

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Universal system for two-word scientific naming.

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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

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Taxonomic group below kingdom, above class.

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PHYLUM

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Classification level after family containing similar species.

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GENUS

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Organism with nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

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EUKARYOTE

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Single-celled organism without a nucleus or organelles.

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PROKARYOTE

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Kingdom of sessile, heterotrophic multicellular and unicellular eukaryotes.

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FUNGI

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Large diverse kingdom of eukaryotic organisms, many microscopic. Can be autotrophs or heterotrophs, multicellular or unicellular.

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PROTISTA

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Kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic organisms that are sessile and autotrophs.

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PLANTAE