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A kingdom consisting of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms that with few exceptions consume organic material, breathe oxygen, have myocytes and are able to move, can reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells during embryonic development, e.g., Homo sapiens.
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A
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Animalia
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A domain of single-celled organisms that lack cell nuclei and that have a cell membrane that uses ether linked lipids.
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A
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Archaea
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A domain of mostly single-celled free-living organisms that lack cell nuclei, and that have a cell membrane that uses ester linked lipids and a cell wall containing peptidoglycan, e.g. Escherichia coli.
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B
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Bacteria
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A formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms.
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B
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Binomial nomenclature
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The phylum to which Homo sapiens belongs.
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C
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Chordata
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A grouping of organisms that includes a common ancestor and all the descendants (living and extinct) of that ancestor.
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C
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Clade
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The fourth highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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Class
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An important scientific tool used to identify different organisms based on the organism's observable traits, and consisting of a series of statements with two choices in each step that will lead users to the correct identification.
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D
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Dichotomous key
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Since 1990, the highest (least specific) major rank in the classification of organisms.
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D
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Domain
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An organism whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.
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E
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Eukaryote
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The sixth highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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F
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Family
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A kingdom of organisms that have chitin in their cell walls and acquire food by absorbing dissolved molecules; and whose means of mobility are growth and spores, e.g., Penicillium camemberti.
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F
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Fungi
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The seventh highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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Genus
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The second highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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K
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Kingdom
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Swedish botanist (1707-1778) who formalized the modern system of naming organisms, and who is known as “the father of modern taxonomy.”
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L
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Carl Linnaeus
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The class to which Homo sapiens belongs.
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Mammalia
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The fifth highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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O
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Order
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The third highest major rank in the classification of organisms.
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P
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Phylum
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The kingdom containing photosynthetic organisms (and a small number of parasitic organisms that have lost the genes for photosynthesis and chlorophyll).
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P
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Plantae
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Order to which Homo sapiens belongs.
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P
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Primates
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A single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
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P
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Prokaryote
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The process of the formation of a new species, e.g., via evolution.
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Speciation
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The eighth and lowest (most specific) major rank in the classification of organisms.
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S
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Species
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A minor taxonomic rank used to classify populations of a species that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics, but that can successfully interbreed, even if some male offspring are sterile.
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Subspecies
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A group of one or more populations of an organism or organisms seen by taxonomists to form a unit, and usually given a name that is assigned a taxonomic rank.
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Taxon
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