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classification vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative objects or organisms |
| Genus | the second smallest level of classification. The first part of organisms scientific name Felis 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 form a zygote which will develop into a new organism with unique identity and DNA different from the parents |
| classification | the division of organisms into groups or classes based on specific characteristics |
| Autotroph | organisms that can make their own food |
| Heterotroph | organisms that cannot make their own food and obtain nutrients from eating other organisms |
| cell | the basic unit of structure and function in living things |
| Homeostasis | the maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organisms |
| Decomposer | organisms that brake down wastes from dead organisms returning nutrients to soil.22 spores a tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism |
| vertebrate | animal that HAS a backbone notochord.They make up 3% of the words population |
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