the idea that living organisms can spring into existence from non-living matter.
Genus
a class of similar things, especially a group of animals or plants that includes several closely related species.
Shared derived characteristics
A shared character is one that two lineages have in common.
Response
An action or movement due to the application of a stimulus.
Convergent evolution
the process whereby distantly related organisms independently evolve similar traits to adapt to similar necessities
Development
The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.
Organism
an individual animal, plant, or single-celled life form.
Autotroph
an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.
Multicellular
an organism composed of many cells, which are to varying degrees integrated and independent.
Binomial nomenclature
a system of naming plants and animals in which each species is given a name consisting of two terms of which the first names the genus and the second the species itself.
