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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 taxonomy | the science of naming and classifying organisms |
| latin | universal language for scientific names |
| Greeks and Romans | who grouped organisms into basic categories such as cats, dogs, and trees? |
| Aristotle | who grouped animals based on whether they lived on land, water, or in the air and plants based on whether they were herbs, shrubs or trees? |
| Carolus Linnaeus | Swedish botanist who came up with the simple method of naming organisms based on their structural characteristics |
| kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species | List all of the levels of classification from most general to most specific. |
| animalia, chrodata, mammalia, primate, hominidae, homo, homo sapiens | List the classification of humans from most general to most specific. |
| genus name and species identifier | the two parts to a species name |
| subspecies | some species are broken down into smaller ______ |
| morphology, phylogeny, and genetic makeup | how organisms are classified (3 things) |
| systematics | organizes the tremendous diversity of living things in the context of evolution |
| morphology | an organisms form and structure |
| phylogenic trees | show evolutionary relationships among organisms |
| dichotomous key | a series of steps for classifying an object or organism based upon its characteristics |
| animalia, archaebacteria, eubacteria, fungi, plantae, protista | list the six kingdoms of classification in alphabetical order |
| animalia | eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophs |
| archaebacteria | prokaryotes, unicellular, autotrophs or heterotrophs - live in harsh environments |
| eubacteria | prokaryotes, unicellular, autotrophs or heterotrophs - live in regular environments |
| fungi | eukaryotic, multicellular (few unicellular), heterotrophs |
| plantae | Eukaryotic, Multicellular, autotrophs |
| protista | eukaryotic, unicellular or multicellular, autotroph of heterotroph |
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