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classification vocab
| Domain | the broadest most general level of classification |
| Kingdom | previously the first and largest category in the scientific classification system of organisms |
| Dichotomous key | a key for the identifcation of organisms based ona series of choices between alternative objects or organisms |
| Genus | the second smallest level of classification . the first part of an organisms scientific name. Felis concolor. feils is the genus |
| Species | a group of organisms that share similar characteristics and can reproduve among themselves. the second part of an organism's scientific name.Felis Concolor Concolor is the species |
| Asexual Reproduction | type of Reproduction in which a new organisms is produced from one parent and has DNA identical to the parent organism fission,budding and regeneration are examples |
| Sexual Reproduction | a Type of reproduction in which two sex cells join to from zygote, which will develop into a new Organism with unique identity and DNA different from the parents |