Classification Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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Grouping organisms according to characteristics & evolutionary history

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary history of an organism

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Binomial nomenclature

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Scientific name of living thing - Genus species

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Linnaeus

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Developed 4 level system if classification and binomial nomenclature in 1753

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6 kingdoms

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Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
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Archaebacteria

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Unicellular prokaryotes that can survive harsh conditions

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Eubacteria

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Unicellular prokaryotes that cannot survive harsh conditions

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Protista

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All unicellular eukaryotes aka protozoa

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Fungi

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Multicellular eukaryotes

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Plantar

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Multicellular eukaryotes that are autotrophic

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Animalia

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Multicultural eukaryotes that are heterotrophic

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3 domains

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Bacteria- modern bacteria
Archaea- bacteria that survives harsh conditions
Eukarya- all eukaryotes

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The system

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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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