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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| classification | the process of grouping things based on there similarities |
| binomial nomenclature | the system for naming organism |
| prokaryote | a organism whose cell lack a nucleus |
| eukaryote | a organism with a nucleus |
| Dichotomous key | |
| Archaea bacteria | |
| virus | a tiny nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
| host | the organism that has 2 different alleles for for a trait |
| parasite | the organism that benefits by a living on or in a a host in a parasitism interaction |
| flagellum | a long whiplike structure that helps a cell to move |
| binary fission | a form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides into 2 |
| conjugation | the process in which a unicellular organism transfer some of its genetic martial to another unicellar organism |
| endospore | a small,rounded, thick-walled, resting cell that formed inside a bacterial cell |
| decomposer | an organism that brakes down chemicals |
| protist | a eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as a animal, plant, or fungus |
| protozoan | an animal-like protist |
| pseudopod | a false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement |
| cilia | the hair like projections on the outside of cells that move like waves |
| algae | plantlike protist |
| spore | a tiny cell this is able to grow into a new organism |
| fungi | a eukaryotic organism that has cell wall, uses spores to reproduces |
| hyphae | the branching, threadlike, tubes |
| fruiting body | the reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hype and produces spores |
| budding | a form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which cell grows out of the body of a parent |
| lichen | the combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together in a mutualistic relationship |