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Branch of biology that groups & names organisms based on studies of their shared characteristics.
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Taxonomy
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Grouping of objects or information based on similarities
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Classification
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List the levels of classification in order from broad to specific.
HINT: King Philip Came Over For Green Soup |
Kingdom
Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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Who created the taxa that are included in the levels of organization?
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Carolus Linnaeus
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What else did Carlous Linnaaeus create to name organisms?
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Binominal nomenclature
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How many parts to binomial nomenclature?
What are the two parts? |
Two Parts
Genus and Specific Epithet |
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What language is the scientific name written in?
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Latin
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What is the first part of the scientific name and how must it be written? The Second Part?
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1st Part - Genus - The first letter of the genus name is uppercase.
2nd Part - Specific Epithet is written in lower case. |
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What is the diagram called that shows the branching structure to compare taxa?
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Phylogenic Diagram
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How many kingdoms are there?
Name them in order from least complex to most complex. |
Six Kingdoms
Kingdom Archaebacteria Kingdom Eubacteria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi Kingdom Plantae Kingdom Animalia |
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Which kingdom(s) is/are prokaryotic
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Archaebacteria and Eubacteria
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What does prokaryotic mean?
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No Membrane, Bound Nucleus
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Where can archaebacteria be found?
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Extreme Environments, Harsh environments.
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Where can Eubacteria be found?
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Common Environment, everywhere.
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Mushrooms and yeast are an example of what kingdom?
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Fungi
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Algae is classified in which kingdom?
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Protista
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Which kingdom(s) has/have cell walls?
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Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protist, Fungi - Chitin
Plants - Cellulose |
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Which cell walls are made of cellulose
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Plant
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Plants do not have phylum, what do they have instead?
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Division
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What many cells are protist made of?
Multicellular or Unicellular or Both |
BOTH
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If two organisms have the sam order, what else is the same?
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Kingdom, phylum, class
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Which taxa is most specific
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species
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What is dichotomous key?
What is it used for? |
A tool used to identify organisms based on physical characteristics.
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How many options are present in each "clue" in a dichotomous key?
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2 options
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Write a scientific name correctly for humans.
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Homo Sapiens
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