U3P1 - Vocabulary Review

The system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a two part name.

• Classification

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Nucleus

• Species

The process of grouping things based on their similarities.

• Cladogram

• Classification

• Prokaryote

• Dichotomous Key

A model that has branches and is used to classify organisms.

• Eukaryote

• Dichotomous Key

• Genus

• Cladogram

A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world which consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item.

• Dichotomous Key

• Genus

• Taxonomy

• Cladogram

Variability among living organisms.

• Genus

• Species

• Diveristy

• Classification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An organism that is made up of membrane bound organelles and has a nucleus.

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Nucleus

• Taxonomy

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

The usual major subdivision of a family or subfamily in the classification of organisms, usually consisting of more than one species.

• Species

• Eukaryote

• Genus

• Prokaryote

The control center of a eukaryotic cell that directs the cell’s activities and contains DNA.

• Taxonomy

• Species

• Prokaryote

• Nucleus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

An organism whose cell lacks membrane-bound organelles and a nucleus.

• Prokaryote

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Genus

• Eukaryote

A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce fertile offspring.

• Cladogram

• Genus

• Species

• Diversity