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Taxonomy Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Taxonomy | The science of classifying organisms based on specific traits |
the levels of classification from largest to smallest | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
The 5 kingdoms | Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia |
Classification of a the human | Kingdom- Animalia, Phylum- Chordata, Class- Mammalia, Order- Primates, Family- Hominidae, Genus- Homo, Species- sapien |
The first scientist to classify living things | Aristotle |
All scientific names are in | Latin |
Linnaeus based his classification system on | specific traits |
Phyla are divided into | classes |
Scientific names come from the classification groups of | genus and species |
The __ is always written first in a scientific name | genus |
Phylogeny | the study of the evolutionary history of an organism |
Why is taxonomy important? | It is a way of grouping organisms according to their presumed natural relationships |
Biochemistry | the chemical makeup of an organism |