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Robert H. Whittaker

an American biologist, came up with a five-kingdom system for classifying organisms. Those kingdoms are Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

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Carolus Linnaeus

Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish physician and botanist, classified organisms based on similar structures. Linnaeus placed all organism into two main groups, called kingdoms.

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Aristotle

Greek philosopher Aristotle lived more than 2,000 years ago. He was one of the first people to classify organisms.

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dichotomous key

is a series of descriptions arranged in pairs that lead the user to the identification of an unknown organism

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, binomial nomenclature,

gives each organism a two-word scientific name

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species

is a group of organisms that have similar traits and are able to produce fertile offspring.

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genus

is a group of similar species.

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binomial nomenclature

, gives each organism a two-word scientific name

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Systematics

is the branch of biology that deals with classification

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Classification

is a system of organization based on shared characteristics or qualities.

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biodiversity.

The variety of life that can be found on Earth is called biodiversity.

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Francesco Redi

an Italian scientist known for his work in experimental biology and for disproving spontaneous generation.

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John needham

was an English scientist known for his experiments with microbial life and his support of the idea of spontaneous generation.

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Lazzaro Spallananzani

an Italian scientist who conducted experiments to disprove spontaneous generation and demonstrated that microorganisms come from other microorganisms.

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louis pasteur

a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries in germ theory and pasteurization, which disproved spontaneous generation.

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alexander oparin

a Russian biochemist known for his theory on the origin of life, suggesting that life arose from simple organic compounds in a primordial soup.

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