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21 Cards in this Set
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Classification
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The grouping of things according to similar characteristic
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Taxonomy
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The science of classification
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Binomial Nomenclature
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A naming system designed by Carolus Linnaeus; it is used to help classify organisms.
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Kingdom
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One of the seven major groups. The largest group.
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Phylum
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One of the seven major groups. The second largest group. It includes a large number of different organsims
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Species
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The smallest group and the most specific group. Members of the same species share many of the same characterisics and are similar to one anoher in apperance and behavior
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Class
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One of the sevon major groups.Third biggest
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Order
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One of the sevon major groups. Fourth biggest
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Family
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One of the sevon major groups. Fifth biggest
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Genus
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One of the sevon major groups. Sixth biggest
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Archaebacteria
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One of the six kingdoms. Include bacteria. They are found in extreme enviroments
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Eubaceria
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One of the six kingdoms. Include bacteria. Some of these bacteria are helpful and some are not
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Protista
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Unicellular organisms. Usually they contain a nucleus. They usually live in a watery environment. They are able to be seen by using a microscope. Some protists can be autotrophs or heterotrophs.
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Fungi
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Are heterotrophs. Some fungi get there food from remaining parts of dead organisms.
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Plants
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Are autotrophs. Plants feed almost all the heterotrophs on earth. Plants are multicellular and consist of complex cells.
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Animals
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Are heterotrophs. They are multicellular organisms and they have specialized tissues and organs.
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Heterotroph
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Can't make its own food, must eat other organisms to live
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Autotroph
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Can produce its own food
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Dichotomus Key
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A tool used to determine the name of an organism usally consists of either questions with a yes or no answer or a series of paired statemesnts. The questions or statements lead to the name of hte organism.
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Prokaryotic
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No true nucleus or nucleur membrane.
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Eukaryote
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Has a true nucleus.
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