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Classification

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Taxonomy   The scientific study of how living things are classified  
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Binomial Nomenclature   The two part name scientists give organisms  
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Dichotomous Key   Identification aid that uses sequential pairs of descriptive statments  
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Genus   The first part of an organism's name  
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Carolus Linnaeus   The Swedish scientist that expanded Aristotle's ideas on classification  
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Subgroups   Smaller groups of organisms that shared other similarites  
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Species   The second part of an organism's name  
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Aristotle   The first scientist to develop a classification system  
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What did Linnaeus devise?   A naming system  
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What are the 7 levels of classification?   Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Order,Family,Genus.Species  
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Are all fungi heterotrophs or autotrophs?   heterotrophs  
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What is the broadest level of classification out of the 8?   Domain  
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Classification   The processes of grouping things based on their similarities  
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How did Aristotle classify organisms?   By how they moved  
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What is the smallest classification level?   Species  
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What does a species name often describe?   Distinct features of the organism  
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How many kingdoms are there?   Six Kingdoms  
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