TREE IDENTIFICATION
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The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:
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Geology
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Biology
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Taxonomy
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Chemistry
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomy (biology definition): The science of finding, describing, classifying, and naming organisms, including the studying of the relationships between taxa and the principles underlying such a classification. Etymology: from Greek taxis, meaning “arrangement”, “order”.
Detailed explanation-2: -taxonomy, in a broad sense the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms-i.e., biological classification. The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”).
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