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Taxonomy & Kingdoms

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Definition
abiotic   non-living factor in the environment (air, water, sun)  
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biotic   living or dead factor in the environment (cricket, feather, bone)  
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homeostasis   maintaining an internal balance in your system  
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stimuli   a response to a factor in the environment  
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unicellular   one cell  
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multicellular   more than one cell  
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prokaryote   cell with no nucleus; bacteria  
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eukaryote   cell with a nucleus  
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heterotroph   organism that consumes food; has to eat others  
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autotroph   makes its own food; photosynthesis  
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motile   movement  
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immobile   cannot move  
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archaebacteria   prokaryotic, unicellular, extreme environments  
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eubacteria   prokaryotic, unicellular neutral environments  
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protista   eukaryotic, mostly unicellular, amoebas, paramecium, euglena, mainly live in water  
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fungi   eukaryotic, cell walls of chitin, heterotrophic, decomposers  
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plantae   eukaryotic, cell walls of cellulose, autotrophic, chloroplasts, multicellular  
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animalia   eukaryotic, no cell walls, no chloroplasts, multicellular, heterotrophic, sexual reproduction  
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eukarya, archae, bacteria   3 types of domains  
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archaebacteria, eubacteria, Protista, fungi, plantae, animalia   6 types of kingdoms  
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archaebacteria and eubacteria   kingdoms that are prokaryotic  
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Protista, fungi, plantae, and animalia   kingdoms that are eukaryotic  
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bionomial nomenclature   2-word naming system  
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genus & species   make up the scientific name  
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DKPCOFGS   Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species (Dear Kingdom Philip Came Over For Good Soup)  
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domain   broadest, most inclusive category; least specific; only 3  
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species   least inclusive, most specific; millions of types in the world  
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