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species
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the most specific category to describe an organism
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taxonomy
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the naming of species
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Linnaeus
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"Father of Modern Taxonomy"
-developed binomial nomenclature -seperated organisms into plants+animals |
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Binomial nomenclature
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A "two-name" naming system in which an organism is refered to by their Genus and Species
ex. homo sapien |
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Phylogenic Trees
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Shows the evolutionary
relationships among species that have a common ancestor. Each level represents the most recent common ancestor. |
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Cladograms
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A representation (chart) of evolution by showing similar characteristics
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Dichotmous Keys
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Helps you classify organisms--sets of paired statments to identify orgnaisms
-each step has two options |
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three reasons to classify
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-so you know their role in the ecosystem
-so the names are universal -so the names show what the organism is |
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three rules for writing a scientific name
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-genus+species
-underlined or italicized -first word capitalized, second not |
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taxomic categories
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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