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What is the correct way to write a scientific name?
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The first word, the genus, is capitalized. The second word, the species is lower case. Underline or italicize the name.
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From broadest to most specific, list the seven taxonomic levels.
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kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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What are the seven kingdoms?
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plants, animals, protists, fungi, archaebacteria, eubacteria
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All bacteria once belonged to the same kingdom. What was that kingdom?
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Monera
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Which kingdoms are prokaryotes?
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only the archaebacteria and the eubacteria
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Which kingdoms contain autotrophs?
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archaebacteria, eubacteria, fungi, animals protists
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Which kingdoms are made only of multicellular organisms?
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plant and animal kingdoms
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What is a dichotomous key?
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a tool that, by providing a series of questions always with two choices, assists in identifying organisms
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What scientist established the system of binomial nomenclature and classifying organisms
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Linnaeus
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Define binomial nomenclature.
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A system for naming organims using Latin. The name is two parts, with the first word as the genus and the secon the species
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