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Classifying Organisms (Levels of Classification (Classifying an Owl (It…

- - - - A species is a group of alike organisms that can mate with each other a create offspring that can mate and reproduce
  - - - The scientific names have Latin words in them
- - - - It is from the largest group to the classified organism
        
        DOMAIN, eukarya
        
        KINGDOM, animalia
        
        PHYLUM, chordata
        
        CLASS, aves
        
        ORDER, strigiformes
        
        FAMILY, strigidae
        
        GENUS, bubo
        
        SPECIES, bubo virginianus
        
        "The more classification levels that two organisms share, the more characteristics they have in common."
- - - - "For example, Darwin hypothesizes that the finches on the Galapagos Islands shared a common ancestor with the finches in South America."
      - "When organisms share a common ancestor, they share a common evolutionary history."
    - - "Species with similar evolutionary histories are classified more closely together."
    - - Scientists determine evolutionary history of species by comparing the structure of organisms.
      - "But today, scientists rely primarily on information about the chemical makeup of the organism's cells."
      - "The more closely two species are related, the more similar the chemicals that make up their cells."