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14 Cards in this Set
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Binomial Nomenclature |
Classification system in which each organism is given a two-part scientific name |
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Taxonomy |
Science of naming organisms and assigning them to groups |
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Taxon |
Group into which organisms are classified |
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Species |
Group of organisms that share similar characteristics and interbreed with one another to produce fertile offspring. |
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Genus |
Group of closely related species |
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Family |
Group of closely related to genera |
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Order |
Group of closely related families |
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Class |
Group of closely related orders |
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Phylum |
Group of closely related classes |
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Kingdom |
Group of closely related phyla |
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Protista |
Kingdom that includes single-called eukaryotic organisms |
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Fungi |
Kingdom that included heterotrophic organisms that build cell walls that typically do not contain cellulose |
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Plantae |
Kingdom that includes multicellular autotrophic organisms |
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Animalia |
Kingdom that contains multicellular heterotrophic organisms whose cells lack cell walls |
