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Aristotle
He was one of the first people to classify organisms.
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish physician and botanist, classified organisms based on similar structures.
Robert H. Whittaker
American biologist, came up with a five-kingdom system for classifying organisms.
Classification
System of organization based on shared characteristics or qualities
Biodiversity
Variety of life that can be found on Earth
Systematics
The branch of biology that deals with classification
Species
Is a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring
Binomial Nomenclature
Gives each organism a two-word scientific name
Genus
A group of similar species
Dichotomous Key
Is a series of descriptions arranged in pairs that leads the user to the identification of an unknown organism
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