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branch

on a cladogram, new characteristics appear before each ----
classified
Organisms can be --------- by size, structure, cell type, habitat, how they obtain food and energy, structure, ancestry or any combination
orders
similar genera are grouped into families and into -----, classes, phyla, kingdoms and domains
classes
similar genera are grouped into families and into orders, ------, phyla, kingdoms and domains
phyla
similar genera are grouped into families and into orders, classes, -------, kingdoms and domains
kingdoms
similar genera are grouped into families and into orders, classes, phyla, -------- and domains
domains
similar genera are grouped into families and into orders, classes, phyla, kingdoms and --------
genus
similar species are grouped into one ----
DNA
systematics also includes molecular analysis - the study of molecules such as ---
information
systematics uses all the ---- that is known about organisms to classify them
still changing
The classification system of living things is [still changing/is finished changing].
systematics
the current system used for classifying organisms
Aristotle
The first person to classify organisms
Monera
The kingdom's included in Whittaker's system are: ---------, Protista, Plantae, Fungi and Animalia
fungi
The kingdom's included in Whittaker's system are: Monera, Protista, Plantae, ----------- and Animalia
Animalia
The kingdom's included in Whittaker's system are: Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi and ----------
binomial nomenclature
the name of Linnaeus's system for naming organisms
reproduction
the process by which living things make one or more living things
genus
the scientific names of organisms consist of --- and specific name
species
the second word in a scientific name identifies the ----
cell
the smallest unit of life
brown bear
the two word scientific name Ursus arctos refers to what animal?
organism
things that have all the characteristics of life
it will get sick or die
what happens if a cell can not function normally
ursus
What is the genus in the term ursus arctos?
Carolus Linnaeus
What is the name of the Swedish physician who, in the 1700s, classified organisms based on similar structures
identification
When using a dichotomous key, the chosen description leads to another pair of descriptions or to the ------ of the organisms
internal
When you feel hungry you are responding to what type of stimuli - internal or external
Eukarya
which domain has kingdoms named: Protista, fungi, plantae, Animalia
false - it grows by getting bigger
True or False - A Unicellular organism grows by adding more cells to it
False - multicellular and take in their own food
True or False - Animals are unicellular and make their own food
False - same all over the world
True or False - Each species has its own scientific name, which is the same in the United States and different in England
false - the are organized into groups and do different things
True or False - all of the cells in a multicellular organism do the same thing
TRUE
True or False - A multicellular organism grows as the number of its cells increases
TRUE
True or False - the classification system is continually changing
TRUE
True or False - Fungi are unicellular or multicellular and absorb food
internal conditions
All living things have the following characteristics: they are organized, grow and develop, reproduce, respond, maintain ------------ and use energy
reproduce

All living things have the following characteristics: they are organized, grow and develop, ------, respond, maintain internal conditions and use energy