Classifying Organisms
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| What is taxonomy? | Scientific study of how things are classified
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| Why is classification important for scientists? | to make organisms easier to study
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| What are the two parts of an organism's scientific name? | Genus & species
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| Name the 8 classification levels. | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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| What is the 3rd broadest classification level? | Phylum
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| What is used to identify an unknown organism? | Dichotomous Key
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| What is in the dichotomous key? | sets of descriptive statements with alternative responses
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| Name the cell number for each kingdom. (unicellular, multicellular, or both) | Archaebacteria- unicellular
Eubacteria- unicellular
Protists- both
Fungi- multicellular
Plants- multicellular
Animals- multicellular
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| What are archaebacteria also known as? | "ancient bacteria"
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| As you move down the classification levels, what happens to the number of organisms? | they decrease
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| What do species that have similar evolutionary histories share? | a common ancestor
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| What is binomial nomenclature? | the name of an organism?
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| What 2 kingdoms consist of only heterotrophs? | Fungi and animals
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| 2/3 of all the kingdoms have what the of cells? | Eukaryotic
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| Our classification system we used today have originated from what 2 scientists? | Aristotle and Carolus Linnaeus
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