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Classifying Life Vocabulary

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Prokaryotic Cell   A cell that has no distinct, membrane-bounded organelles  
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Eukaryotic Cell   A cell with distinct, membrane-bounded organelles  
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Pathogen   An organism that causes disease  
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Decomposers   Organisms that break down the dead remains of other oraganisms  
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Vegetative Reproduction   The process by which one part of a plant can form new roots and develop into a complete plant  
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Biology   the study of life  
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Five-Kingdom System   a way to classify living organisims: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia  
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Monera   contains all organisims composed of prokaryotic cells  
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Protiista   microscopic orangisms, made of eukaryotic cells larger than prokaryotic cells  
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Fungi   feed on dead organisms, ex. muchrooms, decomposers  
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Plantae   contains plants of creation, they make their own food and have roots, stems, and leaves  
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Animalia   animal, organisms with which we are familiar  
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algae   composed of eukaryotic cells and look like water palnts ex. seaweed  
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dehydrated food   food in which almost all the water has been removed  
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decomposers   organisms taht break down teh dead remains of other organisms  
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fungus   a part of the Kingdom Fungi ex. mushroom  
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mycelium   a vast network of interwoven filaments underneath the ground, this is the actual fungus  
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shelf fungi   grows on dead or dying trees  
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mold   a type of fungi that grows on fruit, bread and other foods  
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yeast   a type of fungi composed of a single cell  
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plant cells   a bit squarer than animal cells, has a membrane and a cell wall surrounding the outside of the membrane, and an organelle called the central vacuole that fills with water, increading in size  
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cyclops   a microscopic animal with one eye that detects light  
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