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What is taxonomy?

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The describing, naming, and classification of organisms

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What are the categories for taxonomy? (DKPCOFGS)

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Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

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What is each category humans are in taxonomy-wise?

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Eukarya
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo
Sapiens

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Scientific names are bi-?

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Binomial

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Is the genus or species written first?

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Genus

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What are the three domains?

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Bacteria, eukarya, and archaea

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Prokaryotes lack a what? They are structurally what but can be chemically what?

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Nucleus, simple, complex

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Prokaryotic, can live virtually anywhere, and single-celled are characteristics of what domain?

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Bacteria

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Eating dead tissue, making other living things sick, elp digest food, some release oxygen, and helping in human food and medicine making are why what exist?

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Bacteria

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Some can live harsh conditions, can live in water without oxygen, single-celled, and prokaryotic are characteristics of what domain?

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Archaea

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While archaea can be found in soils, marshlands, and the human navel and digestive system, they are numerous where?

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In the ocean

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Single-celled or multi-celled, some photosynthetic, and heterotrophic, mixotrophic, or autotrophic are characteristics of what kingdom?

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Protista

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Autotrophs, photosynthetic, helps filter water, and gives us materials like food and medicines are characteristics of what kingdom?

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Plantae

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Ecologically important, decomposers and recyclers, and heterotrophic are characteristics of what kingdom?

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Fungi

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Are there fungi found in the human digestive tract?

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Yes

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Multicelular organisms that eat and process food and are heterotrophic are characteristics of what kingdom?

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Animalia

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All living things have a common ancestor is what scientific theory?

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Evolutionary Theory

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Organisms contain coded information that determines what they look like, how they work, and how they act; the basic unit of heredity; made of DNA/RNA is what scientific theory?

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Gene theory

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All organisms are made of cells is what theory?

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Cell theory

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What is the unifying concept of biology?

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Darwinian Evolution

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