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Chapa 18
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Taxonomy – the science of organizing or classifying organisms
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Animals – Not green
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Carolus Linnaeus Made changes to Aristotles’ system 1)Names in Latin, a dead language that will not change 2)Names based on characteristics, the name actually describes the organisms 3)More categories
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7 Heirarchies of classification Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (species names are always lowercase) Kings Play Cards On Fine Green Sofas
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Species The species name must ALWAYS be lowercase Scientific name is composed of the Genus and species and organism – ex. Homo sapiens The scientific name is better than the common name because it is the same everywhere, there is no error. Linnaeus had 5 Kingdoms, we now have 6. Monera-> Archae + Eu bacteria
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KingdomType of CellsNumber of CellsNutritionMotility ArchaebacteriaProkaryoticUnicellular-Autotroph -Chemosynthetic -Heterotrophs -Free living Symbionts -Pathogens Yes EubacteriaProkaryoticUnicellular-^All of these^ -Photosynthetic -Saprotrophs Yes ProtistaEukaryoticBoth Unicellular Multicellular -Autotrophs -Photosynthetic -Heterotrophs -Free living -Parasites -Pathogens -Saprotrophs Yes/No FungiEukaryoticBoth Unicellular Multicellular -Saprotrophs -Pathogen No PlantaeEukaryoticMulticellular-Autotrophs -Photosynthetic No AnimaliaEukaryoticMulticellular-Heterotrophs -Ingestion -Free living & Parasitic Yes
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