Taxonomy Vocab Review

Kingdom of yeast, mold, and mushrooms

A series of paired statements that help identify an already named organism

Divides classes

Single-celled organisms that were formerly classified as plant-like, animal-like, or fungus-like

Group of closely related organisms

Divides phyla

Kingdom of organisms without a nucleus that are everyday bacteria

Broadest level of organization that groups organisms according to eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Old group of bacteria that is now divided into eubacteria and archaebacteria

Domain of cells without a nucleus that are ancient bacteria

Divides order

Most specific level of organization; a group of similar organisms that can mate and reproduce

divides kingdom

Level of organization that divides the domains into six levels

Cell with a nucleus

Domain of cells with a nucleus

Kingdom of extremist bacteria

Two name naming system that uses the genus and species names to identify an organism

The language used in naming organisms

Cell without a nucleus

Kingdom of plants

Domain of cells without a nucleus that are everyday bacteria

The first scientist to come up with our main classification system and binomial nomenclature

Kingdom of animals