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How many categories are used in taxonomy
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7
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List the categories in order from broadest category to smallest category
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Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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Define "taxonomy"
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The process of classifying all living things into a 7 category system based on common characteristics and written in Latin
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Why is taxonomy in Latin
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It is a "dead" unchanging language and provides a universal system of communication
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What is the category of taxonomy that is located between class and family
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Order
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In which category of taxonomy would you find any 1 of the following six words: Animalia; Fungi; Archaebacteria; Plantae; Protista; Eubacteria
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Kingdom
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One class of chordates is mammals. What are four characteristics that would help you classify an animal as a mammal
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Have fur or hair; gives birth to live young; nurse young with milk from body; are warm-blooded (endotherm)
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Who developed the binomial nomenclature system
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Carolus Linnaeus
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What two categories from taxonomy are used in the binomial nomenclature system
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Genus and species
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When writing the binomial of an organism, which word is always capitalized?
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The genus
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What is another name for binomial nomenclature?
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The scientific name
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What is the scientific name of humans?
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Homo sapiens
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To which kingdom do humans belong?
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Animalia
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Which kingdom consists of many multicellular members that all are heterotroph and their cells all have cell walls?
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Fungi. (the cells resemble plant cells but Fungi cannot make their own food-
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There are 7 classes in the phylum Chordata. Name them
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Agnatha; Chondricthyes; Osteicthyes; Amphibia; Reptilia; Aves; Mammalia
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