what are the major taxonomic categories?
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[Domain], Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species.  Can be remembered easily using the following mnemonic:\nKing Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti.\n[Domain is sometimes used to classify eukaryotes and prokaryotes.]\nHope this helps!
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Classification\nRed Fox\nEnlarge\nRed Fox\nDesert Kit Fox\nEnlarge\nDesert Kit Fox\nBlack Fox\nEnlarge\nBlack Fox\n\nFoxes include members of the following genera:\n\n    * Alopex (Arctic Fox)\n    * Cerdocyon (Crab-eating Fox)\n    * Dusicyon (Falkland Island Fox)\n    * Fennecus (Fennec, or Desert Fox)\n    * Lycalopex (Hoary Fox)\n    * Otocyon (Bat-eared Fox)\n    * Pseudalopex (four South American species, including the Culpeo)\n    * Urocyon (Gray Fox and Island Fox)\n    * Vulpes (the ten species of "true" foxes, including the Red Fox (vulpes vulpes)
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Domain: Eukaryote\nKingdom: Animalia\nPhylum: Chordata\nClass: Mammalia\nOrder: Carnivora\nFamily: Ursidae\nGenus: Ailuropoda\nMilne-Edwards, 1870\nSpecies: A. melanoleuca\nBinomial name\nAiluropoda melanoleuca
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Classification \nClastic \nBiogenic \nPrecipitate \n\nread and learn --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedimentary_rock#Classification
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Kingdom: Plantae\nDivision: Magnoliophyta\nClass:         Magnoliopsida\nOrder:         Magnoliales\nFamily: Annonaceae\nGenus:         Asimina
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I don't know why you asked the same exact question 3 times.  I gave a full description in another post.\nhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmiwcqFgnMC2QHEoVOkL3y_zy6IX?qid=20061127161951AALL9zd\n\n... But on the assumption that this is some school question or project, I'll try and compress all the evidence into just four main categories:\n\n1. Evolution reproduced in the lab or documented in nature, including the basic mechanisms of natural selection established in artificial selection (like breeding).\n\n2. Fossil evidence. \n\n3. Genetic and molecular (DNA) evidence.\n\n4. Common morphology and proteins (vestigial, homologous, and atavistic structures and proteins). \n\n5. Others (OK, that's 5 ... but I needed a place to include things like bacteriology, virology, imunology, embryology, biogeography).\n\nAgain, these are just the names of the *categories* of evidence ... for details, see my other post.
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Physical (chem, physics), life (biology, medicine), Geo (geology, geography) and Computer\n\nIs that the classification you were asking for?
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Taxonomy is:\n\nThe classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships. \nThe science, laws, or principles of classification; systematics. \nDivision into ordered groups or categories.\nAn orderly classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships :-)
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http://www.backyardnature.net/classify.htm\n\nthat will give you all of the answers.
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Well, mainly, mangrove. There used to be at least eight distinct species of mangrove in the delta (one of the largest deltas in the world.) But recent natural disasters and deforestation has reduced the number of species to three or four. You can learn more by following the link below.
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http://www.amonline.net.au/spiders/diversity/classifying/index.htm\nhttp://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/spiders/text/a-name.htm
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Class\n\nfrom most to least,\nKingdom\nPhylum\nClass\nOrder\nFamily\nGenus\nSpecies
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biotic:\n\nalgae, protozoans, snails, worms, leeches, dragonflies, frogs, giant water bugs, water striders, backdivers, cattails, spirogira, etc.\n\nabiotic:\n\ntin cans, plastic bags, oil, coins
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Scientific terms for plants (flora) and animals (fauna)
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i can give u a correct description.\nclassification, in biology, the systematic categorization of organisms into a coherent scheme. The original purpose of biological classification, or systematics, was to organize the vast number of known plants and animals into categories that could be named, remembered, and discussed. Modern classification also attempts to show the evolutionary relationships among organisms (see the table entitled Examples of Systematic Classification). A system based on categories that show such relationships is called a natural system of classification; one based on categories assigned only for convenience (e.g., a classification of flowers by color) is an artificial system. \n\nModern classification is part of the broader science of taxonomy, the study of the relationships of organisms, which includes collection, preservation, and study of specimens, and analysis of data provided by various areas of biological research. Nomenclature is the assigning of names to organisms and to the categories in which they are classified.\n\nA modern branch of taxonomy, called numerical taxonomy, uses computers to compare very large numbers of traits without weighting any type of trait : in contrast to the traditional view that certain characteristics are more significant than others in showing relationships. For example, the structure of flower parts is considered more significant than the shape of the leaves in flowering plants because leaf shape appears to evolve much more quickly. Much of the science of taxonomy has been concerned with judging which traits are most significant. If new evidence reveals a better basis for subdividing a taxon than that previously used, the classification of the group in question may be revised. A considerable number of classification changes as well as insights in recent years have been the result of comparisons of nucleic acid (genetic material) sequences of organisms.\n\ndo u want to know what is binomial nomenclature?\nThe present system of binomial nomenclature identifies each species by a scientific name of two words, Latin in form and usually derived from Greek or Latin roots. The first name (capitalized) is the genus of the organism, the second (not capitalized) is its species. The scientific name of the white oak is Quercus alba, while red oak is Quercus rubra. The first name applies to all species of the genus : Quercus is the name of all oaks : but the entire binomial applies only to a single species. Many scientific names describe some characteristic of the organism (alba=white; rubra=red); many are derived from the name of the discoverer or the geographic location of the organism. Genus and species names are always italicized when printed; the names of other taxa (families, etc.) are not. When a species (or several species of the same genus) is mentioned repeatedly, the genus may be abbreviated after its first mention, as in Q. alba. Subspecies are indicated by a trinomial; for example, the southern bald eagle is Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus, as distinguished from the northern bald eagle, H. leucocephalus washingtoniensis.\n\nThe advantages of scientific over common names are that they are accepted by speakers of all languages, that each name applies only to one species, and that each species has only one name. This avoids the confusion that often arises from the use of a common name to designate different things in different places (for example, see elk), or from the existence of several common names for a single species. There are two international organizations for the determination of the rules of nomenclature and the recording of specific names, one for zoology and one for botany. According to the rules they have established, the first name to be published (from the work of Linnaeus on) is the correct name of any organism unless it is reclassified in such a way as to affect that name (for example, if it is moved from one genus to another). In such a case defin
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Here is a great website for that sort of research. It has a taxonomic chart with hyperlinks to information, pictures, sounds, and specimens. There are more than a dozen phylums of 'worms' represented with many photos to help with identification. \n\nhttp://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Animalia.html
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What are the major taxonomic categories that we use to organize all life on earth -- species, genus, family, order, phylum, etc?  How many Kingdoms are there and how are they determined?  Give the full taxonomy for Homo Sapiens.\n\nWhat is DNA?  What is RNA?  Describe the steps of RNA transcription.  What is mitosis?  Decribe the steps of mitosis.  How is this different from mieosis?\n\nWhat is a gene?  What is the difference between phenotype and genotype?  What is a dominant gene?  What is a recessive gene?  Why is a dominant gene dominant?  What are the other kinds of gene relationships (co-dominance, etc.)  \n\nDescribe the Theory of Evolution.  What was the evidence Darwin found to come up with the Theory.  How do species evolve over time?  What is speciation and give three examples of how different species can evolve?  What is mutation?  What other times of gene changes are there that are related to evolutionary development?\n\nWhat is an ecology? What are the various types of relationships between species (predation, parasitism, mutualism, commensalism, etc.) and give examples of each. What sort of defenses do species develop against predation?  What sort of features do predators develop in return?\n\nWhat is reproduction?  What are the different kinds of reproduction?  How does reproduction differ between various plant species?  Between animal species?  What are some examples of (I forget the term but) animal features/behaviors that serve only to help with reproduction?  How do these evolve?\n\nWhat is a bacteria?  What is a virus?  What are the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes?  What are the major organs in a prokaryotic cell/organism?  How about a eukaryotic cell/organism?  What do each of these do?  What is the current theory on how mitochondria evolved?  What is special about the cell wall and how does it allow material to get across it?  What about the cell nucleus?\n\nWhat is involved in genetic science?  What sorts of things can genetic science do and what are the tools?  What is gene splicing?  What is genotyping and genetic sequencing?  How do these work?\n\nDescribe the major organs and organ systems in the human body.  What is the function of each?  What is the structure of each.  What are some examples of tissue types and how do you recognize them under a microscope?  What are some of the major diseases that humans suffer and what are the symptoms and cures for each?  How is food processed by the digestive system and which food elements are digested in which organs?  What are the more important hormones and neurotransimitters in the human body and what does each do?  \n\nDescribe the different groups of organic molecules important to life -- proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, etc.  What is the molecular structure of each and how are they different?  What is the importance of each and what is their function in the human body?  What is an amino acid?  How many are there, and what do they do?\n\nAnd so much more ... sheesh.