Ch 7 classifing living things
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ClarissaMelendez on December 5, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Aristotle | Greek philosopher who developed the system of classification over 2000 years ago |
| Taxonomy | Science of classifying and naming organisms |
| Classify | to group ideas, information, or objects based on similarities |
| Linnaeus | A Swedish naturalist that created a new way to classify living things |
| binomial nomenclature | 2 naming name system |
| Species | Smallest and most precise classification category |
| Phylogeny | An organism's evolutionary history |
| Prokaryote | Organisms without nucleus |
| Eukaryote | Organisms with a nucleus |
| Dichotomous Key | detailed list of traits |
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