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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Monera | kingdom containing bacteria |
| 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 | the name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its species label. ex: Canis lupus (wolf) |
| 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 |