Chapter 18
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Classification
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Ecology 7th hour, Ecology 6th hour, Ecology 4th hour, Ecology 2nd hour
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Taxonomy | scientists classify organisms & assign each organism a universally accepted name |
| Binomial nomenclature | two word naming system creating by Carolus Linnaeus |
| Genus | group of closely related species |
| Taxon | each taxonomic category in the naming system |
| Family | consists of genera that share many characteristics |
| Order | broad taxonomic category composed of similar families |
| Class | taxonomic category composed of similar orders |
| Phylum | taxonomic category composed of similar classes |
| Kingdom | the largest of all taxonomic categories |
| Domain | a taxonomic category larger than a Kingdom- there are three of these |
| bacteria | unicelluar and prokaryotic organisms |
| Eubacteria | a kingdom that is found in the Bacteria domain |
| Archae | domain that includes unicellular & prokaryotic organisms, live in extreme environments |
| Archaebacteria | a kingdom that is found in the Archae domain |
| Eukarya | domain that consists of all organisms that have a nucleus |
| Protista | kingdom that is composed of eukaryotic organisms that cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi |
| Fungi | kingdom that are heterotrophs that feed on dead or decaying organic matter |
| Plantae | kingdom that contain multicellular organisms that are photosynthetic autotrophs |
| animalia | kingdom that contain multicellular and heterotrophic organisms |
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