Classification

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Taxonomy

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The study of classifying and describing organisms

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What scientist gave us the system of classification we still use today? Options: Mendel, Linnaeus, Darwin, Watson

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Linnaeus

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Order the following taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST: Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom.

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

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The three Domains are: Plant, Animal, Bacteria, Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya, Fungi, Animal, Plant, Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants

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Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya

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Having a wide variety and lots of different species (like that in a rain forest) is called:

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Biodiversity

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What is the scientific name for a dog?

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Canis familiarius 

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The main language of scientific names is: Greek, English, Latin, Arabic

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Latin

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Moss, Sunflowers, Pine trees, and algae are all in this kingdom:

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Plantae

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Phylogeny

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Analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa

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The scientific name for an organism is made from the: class and family name, genus and species name, domain and kingdom name, kingdom and phylum name

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genus and species name