Classification of Living Things
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- and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world.the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world.
- The farther of taxonomy is Carolus Linnaeus and Linnaeus established the practice of binomial nomenclature—that is,the denomination of each kind of plant by two words, the genus name and the specific name, as Rosa canina, the dog rose.
- species Binomial Nomenclature is a widely used,formal system of naming a species.The genus name is always capitalized and is written first the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized.
- The 8 levels of classification the system is domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.
- For classification, the protists are divided into three groups: Animal-like protists, which are heterotrophs and have the ability to move.Plant-like protists, which are autotrophs that photosynthesize.Fungi-like protists, which are heterotrophs,and they have cells with cell walls and reproduce by forming spores.
- Plants and animals share many characteristics, but they are different in some respects.Animals usually move around and find their own food, while plants are usually immobile and create their food via photosynthesis.Plants and animals both have cells that contain DNA, yet the structure of their cells differs.
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