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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Classification | Grouping items together based on their common characteristics. |
| Taxonomy | The study of how scientist classify organisms. |
| Kingdom | the largest category in the classification levels.Organism are placed into this category based on various characteristic. |
| Binomial nomenclature | Two-words naming the system that Linnaeus used to name various species |
| genus | A group of similar species First part of a scientific name. |
| species | the smallest group in the classification levels. A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring in nature. |
| autotrophes | organisms that can make their own food |
| Heterotrphs | organisms that cannot make their own food and get food from eating other living things |
| stimuli | any change in an organisms soroundings |
| response | a reaction to a stimulus |
| growth | this is when your cells increase.this cause you to get larger |
| development | all of the changes that places during an organisms life |
| cell | the smallest unit of an organism that carries on the function of life |
| unicellular | a single- celled organism |
| multicelular | has multiple cells |
| energy | used to live |
| respiration | process of which energy is released from food |
| photosynthesis | the growing of plants |
| asexual reproduction | only on parrent |
| sexual reproduction | two parents |
| Classification | - Grouping items together based on their common characteristics. |
| Fungi | - Kingdom containing mushrooms and yeast, and mold |
| Division | Another name for Phyla in the plant kingdom |
| Phylum | A group of Classes |
| Order - | A group of Families |
| Class | A group of Orders |
| Family | - A group of Genera (plural for Genus) |
| Scientific Name | The name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its |
| Organism | - A single living thing. |
| Non-Living | – Referring to something that has never been alive; does NOT mean dead |
| Obtain | To get |
| Basic Processes of Life | Growing, developing, and repairing injuries |
| Levels of Taxonomy | Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species |
| 5 Kingdoms | Plants, animals, fungi, protists, monerans |
| Protist Kingdom | Kingdom that is mostly single-celled and are eukaryotic |
| Eukaryotic | – A cell that has a nucleus |
| Nucleus | Control center of the cell |
| Plant Kingdom | Kingdom that is eukaryotic cells and autotrophs |
| Fungi Kingdom | Multi-cellular, eukaryotic, absorb nutrients from other organisms |
| Animal Kingdom | Multi-cellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs |