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1
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How many species have been identified?

A

Over 25 million

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Why do we classify organisms?

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It assigns a universally known name to every organism

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How did Aristotle classify organisms?

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Either animals or plants

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How did Linnaeus classify organisms?

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He grouped organisms with similar structures and used Binomial Nomenclature to name them

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What are the eight main levels of classification?

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Domain- Dumb
Kingdom- Kings
Phylum- Play
Class- Chess
Order- On
Family- Fine
Genus- Green
Species- Sand

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The _____ levels of classification _______ by two organisms, the _____ ______ they are related.

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The more levels of classification shared by two organisms, the more
closely they are related.

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What are the 3 domains?

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Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

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What are the 6 kingdoms?

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Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia

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What is a Dichotomous Key?

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A key used to identify organisms in a step by step way

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Phylogeny

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Evolutionarily history of a species

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STUDY THE CHART IN YOUR NOTES

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I’M SERIOUS- GO DO IT

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Typological Species Concept

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Defines a species as a different type of organism based on physical similarities

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Biological Species Concept

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Defines a species as a group of organisms that is able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring

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Which one- Eubacteria or Archaebacteria- doesn’t have peptidoglycan?

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Archaebacteria

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What Kingdoms are Unicellular?

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Eubacteria and Archaebacteria

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What kingdoms are multicellular?

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Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia

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What kingdoms under Eukarya have cell walls?

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Some Protista- with cellulose
Fungi- with chitin
Plantae- with cellulose

18
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What Kingdoms are Autotrophs?

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Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, and Plantae

19
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What Kingdoms are Heterotrophs?

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Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, and Animalia

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