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Ch.5 Life Science
Classification
Question | Answer |
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classification | grouping things according to similarities |
taxonomy | science of classifying living things |
kingdom | classification group made up of related phyla |
phylum/phyla | classification group made up of related classes |
species | group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves |
genus | classification group made up of related species |
domain | very broad classification group |
fungus/fungi | plantlike organism that lacks chlorophyll |
protist | simple organism that has cells with nuclei |
virus | nonliving particle made up of a piece of nucleic acid covered with a protein |
capsid | protein covering of a virus |
bacteriophage | virus that infects bacteria |