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Define the terms.
Taxonomy, Classification, Phylogeny, Taxon, Homology, Analogy, Cladistics, Nomendature, Archaea, Fungi, Protista

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Taxonomy- The scientific process of arranging things into groups.
Classification-The process related to categorization.
Phylogeny- A theory about the relatedness of an organism to one another evolutionary time.
Taxon- A group of one or more population of an organism in taxonomical form.
Homology- Existence of shared ancestry between a pair of structure or genes in different taxa.
Analogy- Comparison between two things that shows a way in which they are similar.
Cladistics- It is an approach to biological classification in which organisms are categorized in the group based on the most recent common ancestors.
Nomenclature- Process of naming.
Archae- Most primitive bacteria with a cell wall without peptidoglycans.
Fungi- Eukaryotic, saprophytic kingdom.
Protista- Unicellular, eukaryotic kingdom.
So, the correct option is 'Classification'.


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