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The science of naming organisms and assigning them to groups is called _______.

A. classification
B. phylogeny
C. taxonomy
D. genetics

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taxonomy because classifying organisms and assigning them universally
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C. Taxonomy

Taxonomy is the science of naming and classifying organisms into certain groups

The complete and correct hierarchy of taxonomic groups from largest to smallest are:
1) Domain
1.1) Archaea 1.2) Bactera 1.3) Eukarya
2) Kingdom
2.1) Animalia 2.2) Plantae 2.3) Fungi 2.4) Protista 2.5) Archaea 2.6) Bacteria
3) Phylum - has 35 phyla
4) Class
5) Order
6) Family
7) Genus
8) Species
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