Classifying life Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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Science of classifying organism

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Aristotle

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First to classify organisms

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Scientific name

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Specific name for a species

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Carolus

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Devised the current classification system

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Binomial nomenclature

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2 naming system for all organisms

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Genus

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A grove of similar species

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Classification scheme

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionary history of an organism

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