Biology Chapter 17 Review

Method of grouping organisms together according to their evolutionary history

A diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms

Group of similar families

Kingdom of multicellular photosyntheticautotrophs that have cell walls containing cellulose

Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name

Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that do have cell walls containing peptidoglycans

Domain of all organisms whose cells have nuclei, including protists, plants, fungi, and animals

Group of similar orders

Group of closely related classes

Kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan

Characteristic that appears in recent parts of a lineage, but not in its older members

Kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic heterotrophs whose cells do not have cell walls

Domain of unicellular prokaryotes that have cell walls that do not contain peptidoglycan

the evolutionary history of a kind of organism

Group of closely related species, first part of the scientific name in binomial nomenclature

Largest taxonomic group, consisting of closely related phyla

Kingdom composed of eukaryotes that are NOT classified as plants, animals, or fungi

Group of genera that share many characteristics 

Kingdom of unicellular prokaryotes whose cell walls are made up of peptidoglycan

Most inclusive taxonomic category: larger than a kingdom

Classification system in which each species is assigned a 2-part scientific name

Group or level of organization into which organisms are classified