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taxonomy Flashcards

1
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Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name. In order words, _____

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Taxonomy, naming things

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2
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Biologists who study taxonomy are called

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taxonomists

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3
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Who was the first taxonomist and what year ago?

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Aristotle from 2000 years ago (384 BC-322 BC)

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4
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Aristotle divided organisms into ____ & _______

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plants & animals

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5
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early scientists used _______ ________ to identify organism such: Seahorse, starfish, sealion, jellyfish

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common names

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6
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who classified organisms by their physical characteristics (structure)

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Carolus Linnaeus

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7
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Linnaeus’ classification system has ____ levels

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eight

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8
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Did King Phillip Came Over For Grasshopper Soup?

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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Largest taxonomic group, consisting of closely related phyla

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Kingdom

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Group of closely related classes

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Phylum

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Group of similar orders

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Class

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12
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Group of similar families

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Order

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13
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Group of genera (genus) that share many characteristics

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Family

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14
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Group of closely related species that share common characteristics

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Genus

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15
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Group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring

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Species

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16
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The level of classification that contains organisms most closely related is _______.

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species

17
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The level of classification that contains organisms least closely related is ______.

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domain

18
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________ are above the kingdom level. It is now the largest taxonomic group.

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Domains

19
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It is a two part scientific namin system

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Binomial nomenclature

20
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Binomial nomenclature as two parts which are?

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genus name and species descriptor

21
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The binomial name is also known as the ___________.

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scientific name.

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