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1
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Is coined form the words, biological diversity.

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Biodiversity

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2
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Usually, scientists would prefer to three levels of biodiversity name:

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Species diversity
Genetic diversity
Ecosystem diversity

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3
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The different kinds of organisms.

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Species diversity

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4
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Genetic information that organisms contain.

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Genetic diversity

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5
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Different kinds of places where organisms live and the interconnection that bind these organism together.

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Ecosystem diversity

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6
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There __________ known species of organisms

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13 billion

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7
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Only _______ all organisms that ever lived

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5%

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8
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> is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities.
is also known as taxonomy

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Classification

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9
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> Are scientist that identify and name organism.

> biologist who specialize in identifying and classifying life on our planet have named 1.7 species so far

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Taxonomists

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10
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Scientists estimate that there are between ______ and ______ species or organisms on earth.

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3 million and 100 million.

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11
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Have named _________ species so far.

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1.7 million

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12
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Each year, about _______ new species are added to the list of known organisms

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13,000

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13
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Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a universally accepted name.
I’m other words, naming things.

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Taxonomy

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14
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2000 years ago, ________ (__________)

Was the first taxonomist.

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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC

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15
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He divided organisms into plants and animals.

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Aristotle

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16
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He classified organisms by their structure.

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Carolus linnaeus (1707 - 1778)

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17
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He created the system of naming we use

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Carolus linnaeus

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18
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Carolus linnaeus classification systems includes _______

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7 levels.

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19
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“Bi” means

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2

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20
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“Nomial” means

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Naming

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21
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Nomenclature means

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“The system of naming”

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22
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Each species is assigned a _______ scientific name

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Two-part

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23
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7 levels of classification

King 
Philip
Came 
Over
For
Good
Spag
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Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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24
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Largest taxonomic group consisting of closely rated phyla

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Kingdom

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25
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Group of similar families

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Order

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26
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Group of closely related classes

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Phylum

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27
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Group of similar orders

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Class

28
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> Groups of closely related species that share common.

> is a group of closely related species.

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Genus

29
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Group of genera (genus) that share many characteristics

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Family

30
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> Group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
Group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring.

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Species

31
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If these three species belong to the same genus, they are descended from common ancestor.

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Genus species

32
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Two forms of life are

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Eukaryotic and prokaryotic

33
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Refers to the largest groups in the classification of life.

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Domain

34
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Three agreed groups at this level. (In domain)

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Archaea domain
Bacteria domain
Eukarya domain

35
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Is a toxonomic rank that is composed of smaller groups called phyla or divisions.

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Kingdom

36
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6-kingdom system of classification includes Kingdoms:

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Eubacteria 
Archaebacteria 
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
37
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The domain eukarya is divided into 4 kingdoms:

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Fungi
Plants
Protista
Animalia

38
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The most diverse and widespread among the prokaryotes.

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Kingdom eubacteria

39
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Kingdom eubacteria have a special layer of sugar and amino acids in their cell wall. This layer is called

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Peptidoglycan

40
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Three General types of bacterial shapes:

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Cocci - spherical bacteria
Bacilli - rod-shaped bacteria
Spirilla - spiral-shaped bacteria

41
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Archaeans were first discover in

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1983

42
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They’d re believed to be the oldest life form on the earth.

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Kingdom archaea

43
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(Salt lover) Thrive in extremely salty environment such as salt lakes, seawater, evaporating ponds, and brine sulotions.

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Extreme halophiles

44
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That release methane, a bubbling gas, as a waste product. They survive in swamps, hots spring, sewage, and freshwater marshes, as well as intestinal tracts of human and ruminants.

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Methanogens

45
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(Heat lovers) live in very hot temperature, usually at 100 degrees Celsius.

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Extreme thermophiles

46
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The most primitive but the most diverse among unicellular eukaryotic organisms.

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Kingdom Protista

47
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Plants are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that are all autotrophic (capable of producing their own food by the process off photosynthesis, the conversion of sunlight energy into chemical energy).

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Kingdom Plantae

48
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Mostly low growing and do not possess roots for absorbing water from the ground.

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Nonvascular plants.

49
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A week-developed root system, making them poorly adapted to land environments.

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Bryophytes

50
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Contains true vascular tissues that transport water and nutrients within the plant body.

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Vascular plants.

51
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Are organisms whose ancestor existed on earth for more than 900 million years ago (Precambrian Period) based on fossil records.

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Kingdom fungi

52
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Animals are multicellular organisms without cell walls or chlorophyll.

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Kingdom Animalia

53
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With backbones

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Vertebrates

54
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Without backbones

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Invertebrates

55
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Is made up of sea sponges, which are stationary plant-like organisms we find in colorful coral reefs

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Porifera

56
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Segmented worms, like the ones bird eat from the ground

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Annelida

57
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Consists of jellyfish and hydras

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Cnidria

58
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Round worms, which have a complete digestive system

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Nematoda

59
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All creepy animals such as spider, centipedes, bees, scorpions, and even insects like playing mantises and butterflies.

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Arthropoda

60
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Consists of the soft squids, sea snails, clams, cuttlefish, and octopi of the ocean, as well as snails and slugs on land.

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Mollusca

61
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Includes sea squirts, sea urchins, and sea stars.

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Echinodermata

62
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Animals with flexible rod supporting their dorsal or back sides

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Chordata

63
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3 domain

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Eukarya
Bacteria
Archaea

64
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6 kingdoms

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KINGDOM EUBACTERIA 
KINGDOM ARCHAEA
KINGDOM PROTISTA
KINGDOM PLANTAE
KINGDOM FUNGI
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
65
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The present system of naming organisms called

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Binomial Nomenclature

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