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Biology 202 Chapter 25 and 26
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01/21/2005

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Taxonomy
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The science of arranging organisms according to their relationships
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Systematics
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study of the diversity of organisms
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2 divisions of taxonomy- _____________ & _____________
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Classification and nomenclature
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Classification
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Arrangingof organisms into hierarchy of smaller to larger groups (our filing system)
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Nomenclature
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Assigning of names to organisms and groups
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present classification system was made by
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Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus
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Binomial nomenclature
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The scientific naming of species whereby each species receives a Latin or Latinized name of two parts, the first indicating the genus and the second being the specific epithet Genus and species (scientific name)..............international recognition vs. common names..................felis concolor vs. common names -> (felis concolor - cat of the same color)
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Taxa (taxon)
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Individual taxonomic category
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Name the 8 taxonomic catergories
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Domain - Kingdom - Phylum - Class - Order - Family - Genus - Species
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species is written out by
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descriptive, lower case, no two same within genus, cannot stand alone - only meaningful with genus
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species (Biological Species concept)
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all potentially interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups (Biological Species Concept)..........estimated 10+ million, only 1.4 million named
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Members of a species share - _____________ __________ and differ from other species in - _________ ____________
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similar characteristics / key characteristics
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Scientific name is often written in ________ or it is _________
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italics or underlined
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All other taxa are written as
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Capitalized
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Subspecies
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Geographic race or local forms a trinomial. Different species from other areas
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current multiple kingdom classification was made by
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Carl Woese
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Name the 7 Kingdoms
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1.)Archaea (archaeabacteria), 2.)Bacteria (Eubacteria), 3.) Monera (all prokaryotes), 4.) Protista (protozoa and algae), 5.)Fungi (shrooms yeah!!!, fungi, yeast), 6 Plantae (plants), 7 Animalia (animals)
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primitive
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having more original characteristics, from past
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advanced
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having more changed characteristics, often specialized; modified from original
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specialized
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Adapted for a narrower range
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generalized
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adapted for a wider range
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Archaeabacteria (kingdom)
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more primitive bacteria (prokaryotic); multiple kingdoms
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bacteria (Eubacteria) (kingdom)
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Bacteria (prokaryotic); multiple kingdoms
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monera (kingdom)
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all prokaryotes in R.H Whittaker 5 kingdom
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protista (kingdom)
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protozoans (Any of a large group of single-celled, usually microscopic, eukaryotic organisms, such as amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and sporozoans) and algae
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fungi (kingdom)
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mushrooms, fungi, yeast
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plantae (kingdom)
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multicellular photosynthetic plants
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animalia (kingdom)
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animal
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genus is written as
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noun, capitalized, no 2 within the same kingdom
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