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20 Cards in this Set
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Arrange organisms in groups based on similarities? |
Classification |
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Observed living things over 2,000 years ago& determined that every thing could be classified? |
Aerotile |
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What questions did he ask? |
Blood? Fur or hair? 4 legs or fewer? |
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Biologists classify because? |
So many or them & to study them |
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The science of identifying, classifying, & naming living things? |
Taxonomy or Phylogeny |
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Swedish physician & botonist who created taxonomy by looking at shared characteristics or similar structures? |
Linneaus |
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More accepted in everyday convo., but still can be misleading? |
Common names |
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All living organisms have a 2 part scientific name that is either derived? |
Binomial Nomenclature |
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Last two levels? |
Genus Species |
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Always first and begins w/ a capital letter? |
Genus |
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Always has a lower case letter? |
Species
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Prokaryotic; absorb food; or produce through photosynthesis; can live in EXTREME conditions? |
Archaebacteria |
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Prokaryotic; bacteria; can be dangerous? |
Eubacteria |
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Single & multi-cellular; eukaryotic; don't fit perfectly into the other kingdoms; contains cillia, flagella, or preudopods? |
Protista |
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Multi; eukaryotic; no chlorphyll; dead, decaying tissues? |
Fungi |
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Use photosynthesis; not mobile; vascular or non-vascular? |
Plants (Plantae) |
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Complex multi; eukaryotic; nervous system? |
Animals |
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A detailed list of identifying characteristics that include scientific names? |
Dichomous key |
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What 2 levels are prokaryotic? |
Aarchaebacteria & Eubacteria
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If 2 animals are in the same family, list the common levels they have in common? |
Kingdom Phylum Class Order **Family
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