Classifying Life

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What is the classification for an organism in the Order Araneae?

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Order Araneae refers to spiders.

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Which group of organisms is MOST closely related?

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Organisms in the same family.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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What does the first word in an organism's scientific name identify?

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The genus.

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What is the scientific study of how organisms are classified and named?

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Taxonomy.

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True or False: The more levels of classification two organisms share, the less closely related they are.

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False.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

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What is the highest level of classification in the biological hierarchy?

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Domain.

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What is binomial nomenclature?

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A system for naming organisms using two terms: the genus and species.

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What is the difference between a genus and a species?

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A genus is a group of related species, while a species is a specific organism.

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What are the three domains of life?

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Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.

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What is a dichotomous key?

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A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world.