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Biodiversity
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the variety of organisms considered at all levels, from populations to ecosystems
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have all the organisms on earth already been discovered?
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NO- 1,000+ found each year
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classification
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the grouping of objects or information based on similarities
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taxonomy
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a branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on studies of their shared characteristics
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taxonomists
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biologists who study taxonomy
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taxon
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any particular group within a taxonomic system
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Aristotle
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first to classify organisms over 2000 years ago.
problem- did not group according to evolutionary history. groups according to where they lives. names not universal and did not describe animals |
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Linnaeus
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a Swedish naturalist who grouped organisms into hierarchical categories based on morphological similarities
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Domain
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the broadest category, includes kingdoms
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kingdom
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a group of similar phyla or divisions
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