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Classification of Living Organisms

Intro to classification.

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classifygroup ideas and information
taxonomyscience of grouping & naming organisms
kingdomlargest of the taxonomic categories
AristotleGreek philosopher who developed a system to group living things
LinnaeusSwedish physicianand naturalist who created a system to classify organisms based on similarities
binomial nomenclaturetwo-word naming system developed by Linnaeus
speciessmallest classification category
genusnext largest classification category
phylogenyevolutionary history of an organism
Prokarotes haveno nucleus & no membrane-bound organelles
Eukaryotes havea nucleus and organelles surrounded by membrane
example of ProkaryoteMonera
example Eukaryoteanimal, plant, fungi, protist
What do animals & fungi have in common?Eukaryotic & many-celled


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