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Term | Definition |
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classification | the grouping of organisms based on their similarities and differences |
organism | a living thing; all plants and animals |
environment | the surroundings that an organism lives in |
living | alive;able to eat, breath, move, and grow and/or reproduce |
dead | once living, but no longer shows the characteristics of living |
nonliving | has never shown any of the characteristics of living, or has never gone through a process of living and no longer shows any characteristics of living |
potential | something is possible , but is not yet actual or real |
characteristics | identical features or properties that can be used to classify an object or organism |