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Bravesman1 on January 20, 2011
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 classification | the act of distributing things into classes or categories of the same type |
| taxonomy | practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships |
| carolus Linnaeus | sweedish botanist who developed the first successful system for classifying living things into similar groups |
| binomial nomenclature | Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name |
| binomial | consisting of two names or terms |
| nomen | name |
| nomenclature | A list of names or terms |
| genus | a group of similar species |
| species | group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| taxonomic key | A series of paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms |
| field guides | a collection of decriptions and illustrations of organisms |
| Why do biologists organize living things into groups | so that the organisms are easy to study |
| How is a scientific name written | The first word is the genus and is always capitalized. The second word refers to the particular species and is not capitalized. It must be written in italics, underlined, or distinctive print |
| How are taxonomic keys useful | taxonomic keys are useful tools for determining the identity of oganisms |
| What do the levels of classification indicate about the relationship between organisms | the more classification levels that two organisms share, the more characteristics they have in common |
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