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14 Cards in this Set
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What are organisms?
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living things
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Why is Carolus Linnaeus famous?
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developed system of assigning every organism a name and of classifying each organism according to its system, size, shape, color, and method of obtaining food
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What is the two word naming system called?
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binomial nomenclature
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What does binomial nomenclature mean?
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two names
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The two word name is commonly called ????.
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The two word name is commonly called the scientific name.
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What is the scientific name made up of?
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genus name-species name
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Where is the genus name? Is it capitalized or uncapitalized?
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it comes first in the scientific name. The first letter is always capatilized.
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Where is the species name? Is it capitalized or uncapitalized?
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it comes second in the scientific name. it is always in lower case
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The modern calssification used today is based on a ????-kingdom system. What are they
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5-kingdom system
animal plant fungi protista monera |
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What is taxonomy?
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the science of classifying and naming organisms
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What do organisms have to have to be considered an animal?
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eukaryotic cells
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What does eukaryotic cells mean?
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cells with a nucleus
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Invertebrates are classified into how many main phyla?
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8
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What are the 8 main phyla?
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sponges
cnidarians flatworms roundworms segmented worms mollusks arthropods echinoderms |
