Classification Flashcards

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The division of organisms into groups,or classes based on specific characteristics

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Classification

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The science of describing, naming and classifying organisms.

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Taxonomy

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Kingdoms are the largest, most general groups

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Kingdom

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A group of living creatures which are just like each other.

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Phylum

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It is further classification where they group one or more orders an example of one of these groups is mammalia.

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Class

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These are characteristics of animals in a group that is smaller in class like Carnivora

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order

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They are an extremely close group, like lions and a cat

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Family

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They are one of the closest group of animals like wolf and a dog

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genus

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animals that can produce fertile offspring

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species

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A kingdom that contains every animal.

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Animalia

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A phylum that contains animals with hollow nerve chords most have a backbone

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Chordata

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A class of animal that nurses their young and have a backbone.

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Mammalia

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A group of animals that have opposable thumbs.

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Primate

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A genus that contains animals that are bipedal.

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Hominid

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He simplified the naming of living things by giving each living animal a two-part scientific name

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Linnaeus

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16
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An aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of the answers to a series of questions

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Dichotomous Key

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This is the highest rank in a three ____ system

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Domain

18
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A kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme environments.

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Archaebacteria

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a small organism

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Bacteria

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A kingdom of mostly one-celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, animals, bacteria, and fungi

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Protista

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A kingdom made up of nongreen, eukaryotic organisms that have no means of movement, reproduce by spores, and get food by breaking down substances in their surroundings and absorbing the nutrients

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Fungi

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A kingdom made up of complex, multicellular organisms that are usually green, have cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move around d, and use the sun’s energy to make sugar by photosynthesis

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Plantae