Name______________Unit 10- Taxonomy Vocabulary

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Gavin sheats
1. Binomial Nomenclature 2. Kingdom

the biological system of naming the animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.

organisms in which the name is

composed of two terms, where,

the first term indicates the genus

and the second term indicates the

species of the organism

3. Phylum 4. Class

a principal taxonomic category that is a taxonomic rank, as well as a taxonomic

ranks above class and below kingdom unit, a taxon, in that rank.
5. Order 6. Family

the order is a taxonomic rank used in one of the eight major hierarchical

the classification of organisms and taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy

recognized by the nomenclature codes

7. Genus 8. Species

a taxonomic rank a group of organisms that can reproduce

used in the biological classification with one another in nature and produce

of living fertile offspring.

and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

 9. Taxonomy 10. Archaebacteria
taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining (circumscribing) and Archaebacteria are a type of single-cell organism which are so different
classifying groups of biological organism from other modern life-forms

11. Eubacteria 12. Protist

prokaryotic microorganisms consisting of a single cell lacking a nucleus and Any of a group of eukaryotic organisms belonging to the Kingdom Protista
containing DNA is a single circular chromosome

13. Fungi 14. Plant

a type of eukaryotic organism belonging to the kingdom Fungi, alongside plants, the study of the structure and function of plants.
animals, protozoa, and monera

15. Animal 16. Virus

refers to any of the eukaryotic multicellular organisms of infectious agent of small size and simple composition that

the biological kingdom Animalia. can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria.