Classification Flashcards
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Classification
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Arranging organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences
Makes it easier for scientists to identify and study them
2
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Binomial System of naming
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GENERIC NAME - states genus ( capital beginning )
SPECIFIC NAME - states the species (underlined )
3
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Taxonomy and groups
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Grouped based on evolutionary features
K-ingdom P-hylum C-class O-rder F-amily G-enus S-species
4
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Phylogeny
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Study of evolutionary relationships between organisms – know how closely related they are
5
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Common answctor
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Last species in the last that existed before two new species began to evolve separately