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.