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Taxonomy

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What is taxonomy?

The study of classification.

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Who is the "Father of Taxonomy?"

Carl Linnaeus

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Who was the first taxonomist?

Aristotle

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Name one of the levels in the hierarchy of classification?

class, family, kingdom, species, genus, phylum, order

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What is the name of a scientist who studies taxonomy?

Taxonomist

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Which is the broadest level of taxonomy?

Domain

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Which is the most specific level of taxonomy?

Species

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Which two taxa together make up a scientific name?

Genus + species

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Which two are more related - A. two organisms that share the same phylum OR B. two organisms that share the same genus?

(B) Genus

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What is the scientific name of humans?

Homo sapiens

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Are these two animals are the same species?

Yes.

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Are these two animals the same species?

Yes.

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Identify this Eukarya kingdom: can be autotroph or heterotroph, most unicellular, some multicellular, some cell walls and some chloroplast

protists

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Identify this Eukarya kingdom: Have cell walls and chloroplast, most multicellular, some green algae unicellular, autotroph

plants

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Identify this Eukarya kingdom: Have a cell walls, most multicellular, some unicellular, heterotroph

fungi

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Identify this Eukarya kingdom: No cell walls or chloroplast, multicellular, heterotroph

animals

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