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The science of classification is called... |
Taxonomy |
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The following are all of the categories used to identify an organism |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Genus Family Species |
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What language is used when classifying organisms? |
Latin |
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Who was the scientist that first classified organisms into two categories? |
Aristotle |
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The use of two names, genus and species, to name an organism is called... |
binomial nomenclature |
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Who was the scientist that was first to develop the system of classification that is used today? |
Linnaeus |
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What are the Latin names for all 5 kingdoms? |
Monera Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia |
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When writing the scientific names of a species the genus is always ... |
capitalized |
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When writing the scientific names of a species the print is always in ...
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italics |
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Classification categories represent the different ______ or _____ individual to the organism. |
traits characteristics |
