| A | B |
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| taxonomy | science of grouping organisms into categories by relationship |
| Aristotle | the 1st person to classify plants & animals |
| Carolus Linnaeus | scientist who came up with the system used today |
| binomial nomenclature | seven step system |
| kingdom | 1st step; most general |
| phylum | 2nd step; called division in plants |
| class | 3rd step |
| order | 4th step |
| family | 5th step |
| genus | 6th step; 1st part of the scientific name |
| species | 7th step; 2nd part of the scientific name |
| subspecies | ssp. grouping under species in animals |
| variety | var. grouping under species in plants |
| strain | # grouping under species in microorganisms |
| scientific name | universal name that is made up of the Genus & the species |
| How to write a scientific name | 1) name should always be underlined 2) 1st word should always be capitalized on the 1st letter 3) 2nd word should always be in lower case letters |
| phylogeny | evolutionary history of a species shown by a phylogenic tree; inferred not seen |
| dichotomous key | classification key with 2 choices to determine genus & species |
