Understand why and how scientists categorize organisms. - Describe the scientific method for naming organisms.
- Distinguish between taxonomy and phylogeny.
- Describe the kinds of tools used to establish phylogenetic relationships.
- List the domains of organisms.
Know the criteria used to classify organisms into different kingdoms. - List and give distinguishing characteristics of members of the Domain Bacteria.
- List and give distinguishing characteristics of members of Domain Archaea.
- List and give distinguishing characteristics of the kingdoms within the Domain Eukarya.
- Distinguish between Bacteria and Archaea.
- Distinguish among viruses, viroids, and prions.
- List diseases caused by the acellular infectious particles and discuss their impact on human population.
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