Classification

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the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.

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Classification

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the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms.

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taxonomy

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the highest category in taxonomic classification.

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Kingdom

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

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Phylum

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a principal taxonomic grouping that ranks above order and below phylum or division, such as Mammalia or Insecta.

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class

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family.

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order

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group of objects united by a significant shared characteristic.

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Family

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name

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Genus

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a group of organisms that are closely related and can mate to produce fertile offspring.

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species

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a kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move around, and quickly respond to their environment.

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Animalia

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any of a phylum (Chordata) of animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord, dorsally situated central nervous system, and gill clefts and including the vertebrates, lancelets, and tunicates.

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Chordata

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any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans.

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Mammalia

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a type of mammal characterized by opposable thumbs and binocular vision

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Primate

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a type of primate characterized by bipedalism, reletively long lower limbs, and lack of a tail.

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Hominid

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Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals. An example of Linnaeus is the founder of the taxonomy system.

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Linnaeus

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an aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions.

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Dichotomous Key

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In biological taxonomy, a domain (Latin: regio) is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysicist.

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Domain

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a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments.

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Archaebacteria

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Bacteria are microscopic living organisms, usually one-celled, that can be found everywhere. They can be dangerous, such as when they cause infection, or beneficial, as in the process of fermentation (such as in wine) and that of decomposition.

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Bacteria

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a kingdom of mostly one celled eukariotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi.

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Protista

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a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce using spores, and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients.

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Fungi

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a kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move around, and use the sun’s energy to make sugar by photosynthesis.

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Plantae