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| taxonomy | science of classification, science of grouping organisms according to their natural relationships |
| Aristotle developed | the first taxonomy system 2000 years ago. |
| binomial nomenclature | two word meaning, invented by Carolus LInnaeus |
| seven levels of classification | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| morphology | structure |
| dichotomous keys | written set of choices that leads to the name of an organism |
| modern taxonomy is based on | comparative morphology, embryological evidence, chromosome comparisons, biochemical comparisons |
| 5 kingdoms of living things | moneran, protista, fungi, plant, animal |
| moneran | prokaryotic organisms, most reproduce asexually. |
| protista | eukaryotic organisms; unicellular or multicellular, sexual or asexual reproduction |
| fungi | eukaryotic organisms; unicellular or multicellular, sexual or asexual reproduction |
| plant | multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotic, sexual or asexual reproduction |
| animals | multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic, most reproduce sexually |
