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Unit 12 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Kingdom | The most general category we can classify organisms into. |
| Animal | A kingdom of organisms that are heterotrophic (they have to consume their food), multicellular and do not have cell walls! |
| Plant | A kingdom of organisms that are autotrophic (they make their own food through photosynthesis), multicellular, have cell walls! |
| Bacteria | A kingdom of organisms that are prokaryotic. |
| Genus | The first of the Latin names in the binomial nomenclature system. |
| Species | A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring. The second of the Latin names in the binomial nomenclature system. |
| Binomial Nomenclature | The two naming system that scientists use to classify and identify organisms. |