AGS Chap 3 Sec 1 Vocab

Question	Answer
classify	group things based on the features they share
taxonomy	the science of classifying organisms based on the features they share
phylum	subdivision of a kingdom
species	a group of organisms that can breed with each other to produce offspring like themselves
scientific name	name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its species label
biologist	person who studies biology, the study of living things
kingdom	One of the six groups into which living things are classified
class	group of organism with similar characteristics, below phylum and above order
order	families sharing a set of similar nature, between class and family
family	taxonomic rank between genus and order
genus	first word of scientific name, always capitalized and italicized (or underlined)

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