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living things 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| classification | grouping items together based on thier common characteristics |
| taxonomy | the study how scientist classify organisms (living things) |
| kingdom | the largest catogory in classafication lvels organisms are placed into this catogory bassed on various characteristics |
| binomial nomenclature | two word naming systems that linnaeus used to name various species |
| genus | a group of similar species first part of scientific name |
| species | the smallest group in the classification levels a group of simaler organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring in nature |
| autotroph | organisms that make there on food/plants |
| heterotrophs | organism that canot make there own food and gets food by consuming other liveing things/animals |
| stimuli or stimulus | any change in an organisms surrounding |
| respounse | a reaction to a stimulus |
| growth | this is when your cells increase this cause you to get lager |
| development | all of the changes that take place during an organismslife |
| cell | the smallest unit of an organism that caries on the function of life |
| unicellular | a single celled organism made of only one cell |
| multicellular | organism made of more that one cell |