Introduction to Classification
1 Taxonomy
2. Binomial system
3. Phylogeny
4. Kingdom - taxonomic category containing phyla with similar characteristics.
5. Phylum - taxonomic category containing classes with similar characteristics.
6. Class - taxonomic category containing orders with common characteristics.
7. Order - taxonomic category consisting of families with similar properties.
8. Family -taxonomic category containing genera with similar properties.
9. Genus
10. Species
11. Monera
12. Protista
13. Fungi
14. Plantae
15. Animalia
16. six-kingdom classification scheme
17. Eubacteria
18. Archaebacteria

Introduction to Classification
1 Taxonomy-field of biology that deals with identifying, naming, and classifying species.
2. Binomial system-of taxonomy, assigning a generic and a specific name to each species.
3. Phylogeny-evolutionary relationships among species, starting with an ancestral form and including branches leading to descendants.
4. Kingdom - taxonomic category containing phyla with similar characteristics.
5. Phylum - taxonomic category containing classes with similar characteristics.
6. Class - taxonomic category containing orders with common characteristics.

7. Order - taxonomic category consisting of families with similar properties.
8. Family -taxonomic category containing genera with similar properties.
9. Genus-a grouping of all species perceived to be more closely related to one another in their morphology, ecology, and evolutionary history than to other species at the same taxonomic level.
10. Species-one kind of organism.
11. Monera- in earlier classification schemes, a prokaryotic kingdom that encompasses both archaebacteria and eubacteria.
12. Protista- kingdom of protistans.

13. Fungi-kingdom of fungi which, as a group, are major decomposers.
14. Plantae-kingdom of plants.
15. Animalia-kingdom of animals.
16. six-kingdom classification scheme-a recent phylogenetic scheme that groups all organisms into the kingdoms Eubacteria,
Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and
Animalia.
17. Eubacteria-kingdom of all prokaryotic cells except archaebacteria.
18. Archaebacteria-kingdom of prokaryotes more like eukaryotic cells than eubacteria; includes methanogens, halophiles, and thermophiles.