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Term
Definition
Taxonomy   -is the branch of science that groups and names organisms  
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Aristotle   -the first taxonomist  
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Linnaeus   -was considered the father of taxonomy and created the binomial nomenclature  
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Binomial Nomenclature   -a name that contains just a genus and species  
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7 groups in the classification system   -kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species  
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Scientific name of a human being   -homo sapien  
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What is the modern classification system based on?   -based on the 7 levels  
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What is a dichotomous key and why do scientists use them   -a classification tool used to find the scientific name of certain species  
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What are the six kingdoms of living things?   - archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals  
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Prokaryote   -organisms who lack a nucleus  
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Eukaryote   -unicellular prokaryotes  
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Autotroph   -organisms that preform their own photosynthesis  
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Heterotroph   -organisms that ingest food  
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What kingdoms includes organisms that are autotrophs   -eubacteria, protists, and archaebacteria  
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What kingdoms include organisms that are heterotrophs?   -eubacteria, protista, fungi, and animal  
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Unicellular   -one cell  
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Multicellular   -many cells  
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Kingdoms that include unicellular   -fungi (yeast) and protists  
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Kingdoms that include multicellular organisms   -fungi/plant/animal  
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What kingdom include organisms that can move around?   -animals, protists, archaebacteria,eubacteria  
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Why are bacterial organisms separated into two different kingdoms?   - because there are two types of fungi, (chemical makeup and living enviornment  
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5 characteristics of all living organisms   - movement metabolism growth response reproduction  
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Stimulus   -any change in the enviornment that produces a resoponse  
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Response   -some action or movement in the organism  
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