Match the following terms with the correct description. Use the letters in the blanks to answer the questions.
B. Scientific study of the kinds of organisms, their diversity, and their
evolutionary relationships.
A. System of arranging taxa by analysis of primitive and derived
characteristics.
C. Ordering of living things into groups, or taxa, on the basis of contiguity,
similarity, or both.
D. Phylogenetic systematics.
Study of the principles, procedures, and rules of scientific
classification and naming of organisms.
A. Cladistics
B. Systematics
C. Classification
D. Taxonomy