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TAXONOMY NOTES
-------------------------------------------What is taxonomy? ---------------------------------------------1. _________________________________ is the grouping and naming of organisms.
2. A person who studies this is called a _____________________________________.
3. Taxonomy started because people wanted to _____________________ their world.
4. They began to group or __________________
------------------------------------------------CLASSIFICATION----------------------------------------------------____________________________ is grouping things based on their ____________________.
--------------------------------HOW WOULD YOU CLASSIFY SILVERWEAR? -----------------------------------
What feature (characteristic) would you use to put the
silverware into:
a) Two
groups__________________________________
b) Three
groups________________________________
----------------------------------------WHY CLASSIFY LIVING THINGS? --------------------------------------------To help us ____________________________ all of the species we discover.
To give every species a name based on a _______________________ method so scientists from
different countries can have discussions about the same animal with out confusion.
Scientists have identified over ______ _____________________________ species, but think
there may be ________ __________________________ species
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----------------------------------------THE SEVEN LEVELS OF CLASSIFICATION-----------------------------------
K __________
P __________
C __________
O __________
F __________
G __________
S __________
----------------------------------------------How does it work? -----------------------------------------------------There are _____________ kingdoms and every living thing fits into one of the six kingdoms.
KINGDOMS: The largest group. Living things are classified into a kingdom based on
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_________________________ or _________________________
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How they get their _________________________________
The six kingdoms
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----------------------------------------------THE SIX “TAXA”------------------------------------------------Each kingdom is subdivided into other smaller levels (groups) called taxa.
Phylum: the ________________________ of the six taxa. A phylum is made up of similar classes.
Class: the ____________________________ largest taxa.
Polar bears, black bears, pandas foxes and squirrels are all in the class ____________________.
Order: a group of similar families. Orders are _________________________ than classes.
The organisms are more ____________________ to one another.
Animals in the Order Carnivora are all ________________________ eaters.
Family: a group of _____________________ genera. This is the _____________ smallest of the taxa.
All bears belong to the Family _______________________________.
Genus: a group of similar species. This is the __________________________ smallest of the taxa.
Grizzly bears belong to the Genus ___________________________
Species: a group of organisms in a population that can __________________________
and produce _________________ offspring.
The ______________________ and most ____________________ of the taxa.
Polar bears belong to the species _________________________________.
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---------------------------------WHO IS CAROLUS LINNAEUS? ---------------------------------------------He was a Swedish botanist who developed the 7-level taxa system.
Binomial Nomenclature: Developed by ______________________________________.
Based on the _________________________ features of living things.
Bi means ___________________.
Nomen means _______________________________________.
Two-part naming system known as ___________________________ ____________________.
Canis lupus: The scientific name for the _________________________________.
Canis is the __________________- name, it is always CAPITALIZED!!!!!
lupis is the _____________________ name it is never capitalized
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Two names is the system known as ____________________ ______________________
What is the scientific name of the animal shown above?
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