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1 Classification- putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics.

2 Biologists group organisms according to the characteristics they share in order to answer these 3 questions: 1. How many known species are there? 2. What are the defining characteristics of each species? 3. What are the relationships between these species?

3 Carolus Linnaeus founded modern system of taxonomy. Taxonomy- the science of describing, classifying, and naming living things.

4 Branching Diagrams Shows similarities and differences between organisms.

5 Kingdom- largest and most general group Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species- smallest/closely related group.

6 King Phillip Came Over For Great Spaghetti

7 Two part name: Genus species Felis domesticus: The house cat.

8 A dichotomous key is an identification aid that uses sequential pairs of descriptive statements.

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