Classification Flashcards

1
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Scientists group living organisms.

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Classification

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2
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Defining groups of biological organisms by their characteristics and traits.

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Taxonomy

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3
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Highest rank, grouping together by all forms of living organisms.

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Kingdom

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4
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Algae, fungi, and plants. Chordata

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Phylum

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5
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Group of organisms that share a common attribute. mammlia

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Class

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6
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Related families, carnivora

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Order

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7
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Ursidae

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Family

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8
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Group of species that are closely related, and share a common ancestor. Ursus

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Genus

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9
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Bears.

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Species

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10
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Includes all animals.

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Animalia

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11
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Marine animals.

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Chordata

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12
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Nurse their young with milk, all the mammals.

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Mammalia

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13
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Nails on hands and feet, short snout, and large brain.

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Primate

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14
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ancestors of homo sapiens.

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Hominid

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15
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Swedish botanist who created the current system for classifying plants and animals.

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Linneaus

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16
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Divide organisms in the key, into smaller, and smaller groups.

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Dichotomus Key

17
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Bacteria and Archaea

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Domain

18
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Primitive bacteria microorganisms that have one cell.

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Archaebacteria

19
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Microscopic organims, that are usually single celled, and are found everywhere.

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Bacteria

20
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A kingdom consisting of unicellular or simple multicellular organisms that possess nuclei and cannot be classified as animals, plants, or fungi.

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Protista

21
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parasites on living organisms or that feed upon dead organic material.

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Fungi

22
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comprising all living or extinct plants.

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Plantae