Classification and Naming of Organisms

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organisms that share similar characteristic and can breed with each other to produce fetile offspring

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species

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assign each species a universally accepted name so that scientists can share data across languages

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goal of classification

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science of naming and classifying organisms

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taxonomy

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1-usually two-part scientific name

2-whole name written in italics or underlined

3-first letter of first word capitalized

4-second word is all lowercase

5-names are based on Greek and Latin words

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binomial nomenclature rules, carrolus linnaues came up with this

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first part of scientific name, a group of closely related species

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genus

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first part of scientific name and second part together

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species

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all living things grouped into just two large kingdoms

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plantae and animalia

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eight levels of classification (taxa)

DKPCOFGS

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Domian, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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as you move up taxt from species to domain, the groups become _____ and organisms are _____ related

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larger, less

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as you move down taxa from domain to species, the groups become _____ and organisms are _____ closely related

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smaller, more