Taxonomy and Classification

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What is the largest category of classification in taxonomy?

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Kingdom

Front

What is a key used for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices?

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Dichotomous Key

Front

What happens to organisms that share more classification levels?

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They become more related because of many shared characteristics.

Front

What is the study of classification called?

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Taxonomy

Front

What term describes the process where better adapted organisms survive to pass traits to offspring?

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Natural Selection

Front

What is the highest taxonomic rank in the biological classification system?

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Domain

Front

What is the second highest taxonomic rank after Domain?

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Kingdom

Front

What is a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring called?

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Species

Front

What is the term for a branching diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among various biological species?

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Phylogenetic Tree

Front

What is the classification level that groups organisms based on shared characteristics, such as similar body structures?

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Class