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What does classification mean? |
Classification is putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics.
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What were the first two categories that scientists grouped living things into? |
Plants and animals.
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Who founded the science of taxonomy? |
Carolus Linnaeus. |
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What is taxonomy? |
The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms. |
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Finish this sentence, the more characteristics two organisms share the more |
closely related they may be__________________.
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What do branching diagrams show? |
Shared Characteristics between related organisms. (Cladogram) |
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List the 7 levels of classification in order from most inclusive to least inclusive. |
Kingdom , Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species.
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What qualifies organisms as members of the same species? |
They can interbreed. |
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Organisms have how many parts to their scientific name? |
2 parts. |
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What language are scientific names in? |
Latin.
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