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Classification

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the division of organisms into groups, or classes based on specific characteristics

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Taxonomy

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the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms

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Dichotomous Key

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an aid that is used to identify organisms and consists of the answers to a series of questions

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Archaebacteria

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a kingdom made up of bacteria that live in extreme envirements

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Protista

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a kingdom of mostly one celled eukaryotic organisms that are different from plants, bacteria, and fungi

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Fungi

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a kingdom made up of non green eukaryotic organisms that have no mean of movement

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Plantae

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a kingdom made up of complex, multi cellular organisms that are usually green

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Animalia

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a kingdom made up of complex, multi cellular organisms that lack cell walls, can usually move around, and quickly respond to their environment

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Kingdom

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an environment specific to a organism living on it

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Phylum

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

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Class

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a taxonomic rank

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Order

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a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms

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Family

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is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks

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Genus

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is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living organisms

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Species

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A group of closely related organisms that are very similar to each other and are usually capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring

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Chordata

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of animals having at least at some stage of development a notochord

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mammalia

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of warm-blooded higher vertebrates

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primate

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is a mammal of the order Primates.

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Hominid

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whose members are known as great apes or hominids

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linnaeus

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is the founder of the taxonomy system.

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Domain

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an area of territory owned or controlled by a ruler

22
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bacteria

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are microscopic living organisms,

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