Biology

 King    Phillip   came    over    for     good    sex.



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The proper ordering of the biological groupings used in taxonomy
(from my friend jnorris@hep.phys.ksu.edu, the first mnemonic emailed to me for this page!)

Kingfish, Pickerel, Catfish Over Flowed God's Seas

Same as above, from Joe Creighton, who adds that this apparently comes from the late 19th and early 20th Century Eastern Canada (the Maritimes).

Kings Play Cards On Fat Girls Stomachs

Same as above, from Aviva on a long-gone place called The Vineyard.

Keep People Coming On For Good-Sized Violins

Same as above, but adds V for Variety.
(This one was contributed by ezra@earthlink.net)

Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach.

And yet again, this one created by the 7th grade Life Science class at Slauson Middle School in Ann Arbor, MI, USA.

Kings play chess on Fridays, guzzling Schlitz

Another one! And "good for those who remember the King of Beers," according to kleggott@earthlink.net, who sent this mnemonic to me.

King Philip Called Out Fifty Good Soldiers

King Philip Came Over From Greece Sailing Vessels

King Philip Can Only Find his Green Slippers

Yet more!

Kittens Prefer Cream Or Fish, Generally Speaking

Another mnemonic for Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, contributed by marian.lee@utoronto.ca

Kings Play Catch Over Farmer Gray's Shed

Yet another mnemonic for Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, contributed by ericlee@unixg.ubc.ca

She was all gal (ALGAL) and he was a fun guy (FUNGI). They took a likin' (LICHEN) to each other.

In order to remember that LICHEN are made up of ALGAE and FUNGI (it's better spoken).
Thanks, bethany@robotron.rs.itd.umich.edu, for sending me this one!

Can Intelligent Karen Solve Some Foreign Mafia Operations?

Could Ignoramus Krebs Swiftly Sell Flunkies More Offal?

The Krebs Cycle: Citric acid, Isocitric, Ketoglutaric, Succinyl, Succinic, Fumaric, Malic, Oxaloacetic. The first one here was also sent to me by marian.lee@utoronto.ca, and the second by BradyL@JHSMAIL.ORG. (Thanks!) The Krebs Cycle (aka citric acid cycle) is the final set of steps for oxidation of carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

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