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The discipline of naming or classifying organisms

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Taxonomy

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one of the first scientists to organize living things using taxonomy

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Aristotle

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the father of modern taxonomy

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Carl Linnaeus

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What were the kingdoms Linnaeus divided living organisms into?

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plants and animals

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What were the Original four levels of each kingdom?

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  1. class
  2. order
  3. genus
  4. species
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Who added three more kingdoms in 1969?

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Robert Whittaker

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prokaryotic, unicellular organisms made up of various kings of bacteria

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monera

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eukaryotic, single-celled organisms made up of various kinds of bacteria

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protista

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includes musrooms, yeasts, and certain types of molds

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fungi

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studied RNA and divided the prokaryotes of kingdom monera into two kingdoms

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Carl Woese

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What are the seven levels of taxonomy today?

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  1. kingdom
  2. phylum
  3. class
  4. order
  5. family
  6. genus
  7. species
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What are the six kingdom levels?

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  1. animalia
  2. plantae
  3. fungi
  4. protista
  5. archaebacteria
  6. eubacteria
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organisms that are able to naturally interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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species

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organisms that are named based on their genus and species

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binomial nomenclature

means “ two names”

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how do bioligists classify organisms?

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based on their beliefs about lines of evolutionary descent

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the belief that some species are similar becuse of a common ancestor, which would require beand new genetic information to be added to the genome of an orgnaism

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evolutionary theory

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the belief that God created a wide cariety of unique creatures with a large gene pool, and over time, becuase of migration and naturla selection, this led to many changes within the created species

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special creation

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not the proof of macroevolution or special creation

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seciation

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