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CHCS science ch. 2
overview of the second chaper of the Bob Jones 7th grade science book
quesion/term | answer/definition |
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classify | to place in groups according to similarities |
modern classification system | the classification system consisting of seven groups: kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
kingdom | the first and largest group of the modern classification system |
phylum | the second level of the classification system |
class | the third level of the classification system |
order | the fourth level of the classification system |
family | the fifth level of the classification system |
genus | the sixth level of the classification system; the first word in the scientific name |
species | the seventh level of the classification system; the second part of the scientific name |
scientific name | a Latinized name consisting of the genus and species names recognized by scientists worlwide |
approximately how many organisms are there worldwide? | 30,000-40,000 |