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There are many different ideas about how to _____ living things Organize/Classify
Aristotle placed all organisms into two large groups-plants and ___ Animals
Carolus Linnaeus grouped all organisms into two main ____ Kingdoms
In 1969 an american biologist proposed a five-kingdom system for classifying organisms that included kingdoms Monera, Protista, ___, Fungi, and Animals Plantae
The current system used for classifying ____ is called systematics. Living Things
Systematics uses all the ______ that is known about organisms to classify them evidence
Organisms are classified into one of three ____-Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya- and than into one of 6 ____ Domains Kingdoms
When Linnaeus grouped organisms into kingdoms, he also developed a system for naming organisms. His system of _____ gives each organism a two-word scientific name, such as Ursus Arctos for brown bear. Binomial Nomenclature
A ____ is a group or organisms that have similar traits and produce fertile offspring Species
In a scientific name, the first word is the organism's ____, such as Ursus Genus
The second word in a scientific name identifies the ____ Behavior
Similar species ae grouped into one ____. Genus
Similar genera are grouped into ____ and then into orders, classes, phyla, kingdoms and domains Similar Genra
Each species has its own ____ which is the same all over the world Scientific name
A _____ is a series of descriptions arranged in pairs that can be used to identify and unknown organism. Dichotomous
The chosen description leads to another pair of descriptions or to the identification of the ___ Unknown organism
A ____ is a branched diagram that shows the relationships among species. New characteristics appear before each other Cladogram
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