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Ch.5 Life Science
Classification
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| classification | grouping things according to similarities |
| taxonomy | science of classifying living things |
| kingdom | classification group made up of related phyla |
| phylum/phyla | classification group made up of related classes |
| species | group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves |
| genus | classification group made up of related species |
| domain | very broad classification group |
| fungus/fungi | plantlike organism that lacks chlorophyll |
| protist | simple organism that has cells with nuclei |
| virus | nonliving particle made up of a piece of nucleic acid covered with a protein |
| capsid | protein covering of a virus |
| bacteriophage | virus that infects bacteria |