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Living Things 21st
characteristics about living things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Organism | Any living thing |
| Cell | Smallest unit of an organism that carries on the functions of life |
| Homeostasis | The regulation of an organism's internal, life-maintaining condition despite changes in its environment |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Two-word naming system that Linnaeus used to name various organisms |
| Genus | It is a group of similar species |
| Phylogeny | The evolutionary history of an organism, that is how the organism changed over time |
| Kingdom | First and largest catagory used to classify organisms |
| Tissue | A group of similar cells that work together to do one job |
| Organ | A structure made up of 2 or more different types of tissues that work together |
| Organ System | A group of organs working together to perform a certain function |