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Reasons identification of organisms is important. Quarantine Personal Safety Medicine Conservation Forensics Agriculture and Horticulture
Things that can be used to identify something. Whole speciman Macroscopic fragments Microscopic fragments Genetic material Indirect evidence
Contains images and written discriptions of organisms. Field Guide
Contains collections of animals Museums
Contains collections of plants Herbaria
Identifies a speciman based on whether a feature is or isn't present. Key
The two parts of a scientific name. The generic name and the specific name.
Why are scientific names used?? Because they are universal and describe the animal to a certain degree.
Involves identifying, naming, describing and classifying living things. Taxonomy
Involves naming and describing each different kind of organism and organising them into groups. Classifiction
Taxon Any level of biological classification.
The order that the biological heirarchy goes in. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
In 1758, Linnaeus introduced______________ They were the _______ and the __________. The 2 kingdom system. Animals (can move) Vegetable (can't move)
In 1866, Haeekel introduced_______________. They were the ________ the ______ and the ___. The 3 kingdom system Kingdom Animalia (animals) Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Kingdom Protista (everything else)
In 1969, Whittaker introduced__________. They are ___, ___, ___, ___ and ___. The 5 kingdom system. Kindgom Animalia (animals) Kingdom Plantae (plants) Kingdom Fungi (fungi) Kingdom Monera (prokaryote organisms) Kingdom Protista (everything else)
In 1990, Woese introduced____________. These are ____, ____ and ____. The 3 domains. Bacteria Archaea Eukarya
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