Organization and Classification in Science

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Purpose of organization

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Make sense of surroundings

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Example of organization

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Sock drawers by color, books by topic, food in grocery stores

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Importance of organization for scientists

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Understand relationships, communicate about life forms

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Classification

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Placing organisms into groups based on similarities

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Taxonomy

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Science of classifying organisms

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Basis of taxonomy

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Shared structures, functions, relationships

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Cell

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Basic unit of life

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Eukaryotes

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Organisms with nuclei and organelles

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Prokaryotes

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Organisms without nuclei

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Unicellular organisms

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Made up of one cell, e.g., bacteria