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| Taxonomy | The science of classifying things into groups based on similiarities |
| Kingdom | the most general level of classification |
| Species | the most specific level of classification |
| binomial nomenclature | two name naming system |
| Genus | the first part of the scientific name it is capitalized |
| Species | the second part of the scientific name it is lower case |
| Animal | multi-celled,locomote, eat food, have a nucleus, sexual reproduction |
| Plant | multi-celled,don't locomote, make food through photosynthesis, have a nucleus, sexual reproduction |
| Fungi | multi-celled, don't locomote, absorb food, have a nucleus, sexual reproduction with spores |
| Protist | single-celled, some locomote, some eat some make, asexual reproduction, have a nucleus |
| Moneran | single-celled, some move some don't, some eat some make food, NO nucleus, asexual reproduction |
| taxonomic key | flow chart used to identify organisms on the basis of physical characteristics |
| field guide | a tool for identifying organisms that contains pics and descriptions |
| Carolus Linnaeus | developed the classification system |
| 7 levels of classification | in order of decreasing size, kingdome is the biggest, species is the smallest |
| taxon | each level of classification |
| eukaryotic | refers to cells whose DNA is surrounded by a membrane |
| prokaryotic | refers to cells whose DNA is not surrounded by a membrane |
| chordata | animals with a spinal cord, backbone |
| Homo sapien | humans scientific name |
