1. Quarter 4: Unit 1: Classification Sytems
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2. 1.) Taxonomy – the branch of biology that names and groups organisms according to their characteristics and evolutionary history. 2.) Species Name – the scientific name of an organism has two parts; the genus and species identifier. 3.) Species Identifier – usually a descriptive word of the species.

3. 4.) Binomial Nomenclature – a system of naming organisms that uses the genus name and a species identifier. 5.) Varieties – a further division or subset of species. 6.) Subspecies – varieties of animal species that occur in different geographical areas.

4. 7.) Phylogeny – the evolutionary history of a species or taxonomic group.

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6. 1.) Systematics – systematic taxonomy; taxonomic organization of living things in the context of evolution. 2.) Phylogenetic Tree – a family tree that shows the evolutionary relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms. 3.) Cladistics – a new system of phylogenetic classification; uses certain features of organisms (shared derived characters) to establish evolutionary relationships.

7. 4.) Cladograms – ancestry diagrams made by means of cladistics analysis

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9. 1.) Kingdom Archaebacterial – unicellular prokaryotes with distinctive cell membranes as well as biochemical and genetic properties that differ from all other kinds of life. 2.) Kingdom Eubacteria – unicellular prokaryotes, most species use oxygen, most bacteria that affect your life 3.) Kingdom Protista – made up of a variety of eukaryotic , mostly single-celled organisms

10. 4.) Kingdom Fungi – made up of heterotrophic unicellular and multicellular eukaryotic organisms; absorb nutrients rather than ingesting them. 5.) Kingdom Plantae – consists of multicellular plants; are autotrophic and use photosynthesis as a source of energy. 6.) Kingdom Animalia – eukaryotic, multicellular heterotrophic organisms; symmetrical body organization and move about their environment.

11. 7.) Domains – all living things seem to fall naturally into three broad groups based on rRNA analysis; bacteria, archaea, and eukarya.