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Who devised the binomial nomenclature?
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Carolus Linnaeus.
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What are the two parts that make up the binomial nomenclature?
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The first part is the genus name, which denotes a group of similar life forms. (Cats = Felis, Dogs = = Canis) The second part of the name is the species name, which is specific to a population of organisms that have similar characteristics, interbreed, and are reproductively isolated.
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When organisms are classified into other groups this is called....
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Taxa
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What is the range of classification from largest to smallest?
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. (King Philip Came Over For Great Sex.)
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What are the five kingdoms?
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Prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
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What are the two schools of taxonomy?
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The phenetic and the cladistic views.
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What is the phenetic view?
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They view groups of organisms by similarity of characteristics. (All animals with hair belong to the class Mammalia.)
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What is the cladistic view?
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They view groups of organisms according to their evolutionary lineages.
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What are chordatas?
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They are sea squirts, mammals, first, reptiles, and birds.
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What are echinodermata?
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They are starfish, urchins, and sea cucumbers.
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What are arthropoda?
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They are spiders, insects, and lobsters.
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What are annelidae?
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They are segmented worms.
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What are mollusca?
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They are snails, clams, and squids.
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What are nematoda?
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They are roundworms.
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What are platyeheminthes?
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They are flukes and tapeworms.
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What are cnidarians?
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They are coral, sea anemons, and jellyfish.
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Wjat are porifera?
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They are sponges.
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