Classification Vocabulary

A multicellular organism that are consumers with no cell walls, usually able to move around, and have specialized cells

• Animalia

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Two part naming system that scientists use to classify organisms.

• Classification

• Binomial nomenclature

• Taxonomy

This is a guide to identifying an organism based on choices between statements.

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous key

• Phylogeny

The prokaryotes that live in extreme environments.

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Fungi

A group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring; the most specific of the seven classification system.

• Class

• Kingdom

• Species

The science of grouping organisms by similar characteristics.

• Classification

• Phylogeny

• Taxonomy

Body parts in different species that are similar in origin and structure.

• Binomial nomenclature

• Homologous structures

• Common ancestor

A prokaryote with spherical or spiral or rod-shaped

• Archaea

• Bacteria

• Fungi

Branching diagram showing evolutionary relationships among a set of organisms

• Cladogram

• Dichotomous key

• Taxonomy

Eukaryotic organisms that have cell walls and can make their own food

• Animalia

• Fungi

• Plantae