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morphology
binominal
nomenclature
class
division
domain
family
genus
kingdom
order
phylum
classification
taxon
taxonomy
Organizing Life’s Diversity
Section 17.1 The History of Classification
Scan Section 1 of the chapter. Write three questions that come to
mind from reading the headings and the illustration captions.
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3.
Use your book or dictionar y to define morphology.
Classify each term at the left as being part of Linnaeus’ two-word
naming system or a taxonomic group.
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Vocabulary
Use your book to define each term.
Linnaeus’ System Taxonomic Group
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Vocabulary