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Because they didn't follow one naming system, so they named all the organisms they found themselves, making it hard to talk to each other and share their information.

The science of naming and classifying organisms, created by Carolus Linnaeus.

A group of organisms in a classification system.

<p>A system that gives each species a two-part scientific name using Latin words.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It includes one or more physically similar species that are thought to be closely related; the names are always capitalized and written in italics or underlined.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The second part of the scientific name for organisms; it is always lower case and also underlined or written in italics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>So that scientists all around the world can communicate clearly about living things.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Most general to most specific: Kingdom, Phylum (division), Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It focuses on physical similarities alone and did not consider genetic similarities.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because species with closer genetic similarities have a closely related ancestor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The evolutionary history for a group of species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The classification based on common ancestry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An evolutionary tree that proposes how species may be related to each other through common ancestors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of species that shares a common ancestor.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Traits that are shared by some species but not present in others, used to figure out evolutionary relationships.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A group of species that shares no derived characters with the other groups being studied.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It shows through DNA sequences that closely related organisms are identified.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Models that use mutation rates to measure evolutionary time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Linus Pauling and Emile Zukerkandl.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>DNA found only in mitochondria, the energy factories of cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>RNA found in ribosomes that manufactures proteins and is useful for studying distantly related species.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Single-celled prokaryotes in the kingdom Bacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Single-celled prokaryotes that can live in extreme environments unlike bacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Made up of all organisms with eukaryotic cells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infectious particle made only of a strand of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any living organism or particle that can cause an infectious disease.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Infectious particles that cause disease in plants.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An infectious particle made only of proteins that can cause other proteins to fold incorrectly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A single viral particle that is made up of genetic material surrounded by a protein shell.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Viruses that prey on bacteria.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A phage combines its DNA into the host's cell DNA.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Phage DNA inserted into the host's cell DNA.</p> Signup and view all the answers