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Taxonomy


Scientists use taxonomy to classify organisms and assign each organism a universally accepted name. They do this by using a Dichotomous Key to classify organisms, the binary nomenclature, DNA, and RNA. In the taxonomic nomenclature naming system, there are different levels called a taxon (taxa plural) or taxonomic category.
The different levels to the taxonomic nomenclature naming system are called: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. The first scientist to use the system was Carolus Linnaeus. His system had seven levels that were used for classification. They range from smallest to largest: Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, and Kingdom. Later on scientists added on more levels. This system brought order to the process of naming species and classifying them into groups.
The Dichotomous Key is used to help classify organisms and has been used for hundreds of years. There are different styles of......

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