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17 Cards in this Set
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who was one of the first people to classify animals |
Aristotle |
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Aristotle placed organisms into two groups. what are they? |
plants and animals |
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In 1700's Linnaeus classisfied organisms into two main groups called ? |
kingdoms |
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In 1969 Whittaker proposed a fie kingdom system for classifying animals. It included |
Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia |
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the current classification system is ? |
systematics |
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All organisms are now classified into what 2 things |
3 domians and 6 kingdoms |
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They classify what |
living things |
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Systematics uses what to classify living things |
evidence based on cell type, habitat, obtains food and energy, structure, function of features, common ancestry of organisms |
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what is the naming system called that is used in naming organisms |
Binomial nomenclature |
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group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring |
species |
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groups of similar species |
genus |
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Each organism gets two names. where does it come from |
first words is the genus and the second word describes the organisms appearance or behavior |
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how do species and and genus release to kingdoms and domains |
similar species are grouped into one genus and similar genera are grouped into families series of |
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series of descriptions arranged in pairs that lead the user to the identification of an unknown organism |
dichotomous key |
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branched diagram that shows the relationship among organisms including common ancestors |
cladogram |
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Each branch follows a new characteristic. Each characteristic is observed in all the ____________ to the right |
species |
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study |
study |
