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Classification   The process of grouping things by their characteristics.  
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binomial nomenclature   The system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part specific name.  
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Prokaryote   A cell that lacks a nucleus  
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Eukaryote   A cell that has nucleus  
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Dichotomous key   It is a table used to identify certain organisms  
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Archaea Bacteria   They are members of the kingdom Archaea  
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Virus   A tiny non-living particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell.  
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Host   The organism that parasite or virus lives in or on.  
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Parasite   The organism that benefits by living on or in a host and harms it.  
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Flagellum   A long, whip-like structure that helps a cell to move.  
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Binary Fission   A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells  
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conjugation   The process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism  
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Endospore   A small, rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell.  
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Decomposer   An organism that breaks down chemicals from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to soil and water.  
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Protist   A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus.  
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Protozoan   An animal-like protist.  
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pseudopod   A "false foot" or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans  
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Cilia   The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wave-like manner  
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Algae   Plant-like protozoans.  
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spore   A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism  
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Fungi   A eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food.  
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Hyphae   The branching threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi  
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Fruiting body   The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores.  
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Budding   A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body as a parent  
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Lichen   The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together that live together in a mutualistic relationship.  
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