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DOMAINS
BACTERIA, EUKARYA, AND ARCHAEA
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| UNICELLULAR | an organism made of one ONE cell, also called "single-celled" ex: bacteria |
| CLASSIFICATION | the process of grouping organisms based on SHARED TRAITS |
| MULTICELLULAR | An organism made of more than one cell ex: plants, people |
| DOMAIN | the largest and broadest level of classification |
| PROKARYOTIC | an organism that has NO NUCLEUS |
| EUKARYOTIC | an organism that HAS A NUCLEUS |
| AUTOTROPHIC | organisms that can make their own food AUTOMATICALLY ex: plants |
| HETEROTROPHIC | organisms that CANNOT make their own food ex: people |
| DOMAIN ARCHAEA | are found in extreme locations like volcanoes, hot springs, and in arctic regions |
| ARCHAEA AND BACTERIA ARE BOTH... | microscopic (too small for the human eye to see without a microscope) |
| PLANTS, ANIMALS, FUNGI, AND PROTISTS ARE ALL FOUND IN DOMAIN... | Eukarya |
| EUKARYA is different from Bacteria and Archaea because it is _____. | eukaryotic (has a nucleus) |