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the division of organisms into groups, or classes, based on specific characteristics
classification
the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms
taxonomy
an aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions
dichotomous key
a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments
Archaebacteria
a kingdom that contains all prokaryotes except archaebacteria
Eubacteria
a kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms
Fungi
of eukaryotic organisms that are unicellular and sometimes colonial or less often multicellular and that typically include the protozoans, most algae, and often some fungi
Protistia
the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia.
plantae
a mammal that has opposable thumbs
primate
type of ape or gorilla
hominid
is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese
domain
A phylum of the animal Kingdom comprising all the animals that have, at some stage in their life, a notochord
Chordata
any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such 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.
Mammalia
was a Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals
Linnaeus
a kingdom made up of complex organisms that lack cell walls
animalia
