EVO/CLASS VOCAB

2. First of the taxonomic ranking system
4. Father of evolution
7. 2nd on the taxonomic ranking system
10. Last ranking on the taxonomic ranking
11. the evidence of evolution based on te similarities in the anatomical strucutre of bones and bony joints in the organs of animals
13. classification of organisms
15. the synthesis of substances by living organisms
16. contains nucleus

1. branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species
3. a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters
5. different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth
6. change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
8. no nucleus
9. system of naming plants and animals in which each species is given a name consisting of two terms of which the first names the genus and the second the species itself
12. plant that has seeds unprotected by an ovary or fruit
14. plant that has flowers and produces seeds enclosed within a carpel