taxonomy
the science of classifying organisms
taxa
one of the eight classification groups
domain
the first and largest taxa with 3 categories
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
the 3 domains
Archaea, Bacteria, Plantae, Fungi, Chromista, Protozoa, Animalia
the 7 kingdoms
Archaea and Bacteria
the prokaryotic kingdoms
Plantae, Fungi, Chromista, Protozoa, Animalia
the eukaryotic kingdoms under domain Eukarya
kingdom
the second level of taxa with 7 categories
phylum
the taxa level after kingdom
class
the taxa level after phylum
order
the taxa level after class
family
the taxa level after order
genus
the taxa level after family
species
a group of organisms that look the same and have the same structure as well as being able to produce fertile offspring; the smallest level of taxa
Linnaeus
the scientist who invented the binomial nomenclature system of naming organisms
binomial nomenclature
includes the Latin genus and species name typed in italics with the genus capitalized and the species lower case
systematics
the science of classification using evolutionary relationships
phylogeny
constructing the evolutionary history of organisms
Cladistics
the reclassifying of organisms according to their evolutionary history
phylogenetic tree
shows the evolutionary relationships of animals and may include extinct organisms (AKA the tree of life)
Clades
branches of the phylogenetic tree
divergence
emergence of a derived (shared) trait
convergence
two dissimilar species evolving the same derived trait
Baraminology
looking at life on the basis of created kinds using both genetics and physical traits (AKA the orchard of life)