Classification heirarchy, The organized system of classifying organisms into groups with similar characteristics. Each organism will have its own scientific name. , 8 Levels of Classification, DKPCOFGS, Eukaryotic, Multicellular organisms, Prokaryotic, Unicellular organisms, Domain, The most inclusive category, Kingdom, Several of these make up a Domain, Phylum, These groups all filter up into kingdoms., Class, These groups all filter down to orders., Order, These groups all filter up into classes., Family, These groups all filter up into orders., Genus, The "first name" of the scientific name. This part of the word is always capitalized and italicized., Species, The most specific category. There are no two organisms with this same name. This word is always lowercase and italicized., Carl Linneaus, The scientist responsible for creating the taxonomy hierarchy (classification system), DNA, The genetic makeup which is studied to identify similarities between organisms, Dichotomous keys, A systematic tool used to identify and name species, Binomial Nomenclature, The two name naming system to identify species. The first part is capitalized, the second part is lowercase and both parts are italicized. .

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