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| binomial nomenclature | a 2 part naming system developed by Carlous Linnaeus |
| taxonomy | the classification and naming of a living organism |
| taxon | the group to which an organism is assigned |
| species | the smallest taxon in which species have similar features and can breed with one another |
| genus | a group of organisms with similar features but are clearly seperate biological units. |
| family | groups of genra that have similar features |
| order | several families of similar organisms |
| class | a group of orders |
| phylum | groups of classes |
| kingdom | the largest taxon that consists of 5 parts |
| monera | all prokaryotes are placed in this kingdom |
| protista | this kingdom contains all single-celled eukaryotic organisms |
| fungi | members of the kingdom who's cell walls contian no cellulose |
| plante | members of this kingdom are multicellular and its cell walls contain cellulose |
| animalia | members of this kingdom are multicellular have a cell membrane but no cell wall |
