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Classification.

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1 Classification

2 Taxonomy The science of naming and classifying organisms

3 Kingdoms of Living Things

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8 Biological Species Group of natural populations that are interbreeding or that could interbreed

9 Binomial nomenclature- system in which each species is given a 2 part Latin name
First word is genus, capitalized Second word is species, not capitalized

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11 Phylogeny Evolutionary history of an organism

12 Convergent Evolution The process by which similarities evolve in organisms not closely related to one another -Analogous characters- similarities that arise through convergent evolution


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