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37 Cards in this Set
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Classification
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The grouping of objects or information based on similarities
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Taxonomy
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Branch of biology that deals with the grouping and naming of organisms
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Binomial nomenclature
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The system that gives each organism two names
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A group of related phyla is a
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Kingdom
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A group of related kingdoms is a
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Domain
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A group of related families is a
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Order
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A group of related species is a
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Genus
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A group of related classes is a
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Phylum
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A group of related genera is a
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Family
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A group of related orders is a
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Class
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Who developed the binomial system of classification that our present system is based on?
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Carolus Linneaus
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The evolutionary history of a species is its
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Phylogeny
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Why is a phylogenic classification system more natural than the system you used for your leaves?
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It shows relationships and evolutionary history among organisms
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Until recently, there were ___ kingdoms.
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Which kingdom has been divided into two domains recently?
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The Monerans
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What are the two new domains?
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Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
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Which kingdom contains organisms with eukaryotic cells that are only autotrophic?
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The Plant kingdom
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Which kingdom contains only multicellular heterotrophs?
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The Animal kingdom
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Which kingdom contains unicellular eukaryotic cells, which may be autotrophic or heterotrophic?
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The Protist kingdom
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Which kingdom contains prokaryotic autotrophs that live in extreme environments?
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The Archaebacteria kingdom
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Which kingdom contains both unicellular and multicellular heterotrophs?
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The Fungus kingdom
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Which kingdom contains the true bacteria?
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The Eubacteria kingdom
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In which kingdom is a frog?
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Animal
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In which kingdom is a fruit fly?
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Animal
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In which kingdom is a paramecium?
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Protist
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In which kingdom is an amoeba?
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Protist
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In which kingdom is a tulip?
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Plant
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In which kingdom is a mold?
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Fungus
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In which kingdom are true bacteria?
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Eubacteria
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In which kingdom are yeast?
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Fungus
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How are prokaryotes different from eukaryotes?
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Prokaryotes have no nuclear membrane and no membrane-bound organelles in their cells
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What does a scientific name consist of?
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Genus and species name
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Why is it called a “binomial” classification system?
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Because there are 2 names for each organism
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Why do we use scientific names?
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They are universal, never duplicated, descriptive, show relationships
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Which is the larger group, a genus or species?
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Genus
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Why does the classification system change?
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It changes as new information becomes available which may alter our view of organisms’ relationships.
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Name the order of the classification system.
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Domain
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