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Classification   The process of grouping things based on their similarities  
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Binomial Nomenclature   The system used for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, scientific name.  
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Prokaryote   An organism whose cells lack a nucleus and some other cell stuctures  
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Eukaryote   An organism whose cell contain nuclei  
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Dichotomous key   It is a table to use to identify certain organisms  
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Archaea bacteria   They are members of the kingdom archaea  
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Virus   A tiny, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell  
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Host   The organism that parasites and viruses lives in or on.  
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Parasite   The organism that benefits by living on or in a host and harms it  
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Flagellum   Is a long whip-like structure that helps a cell to move  
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Binary fission   A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to form two identical cells  
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Conjugation   The process in which a unicellular organism transfers some of its genetic material to another unicellular organism  
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Endospore   A small, rounded, thick walled, resting cell that forms inside a bacterial cell.  
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Decomposer   An organisms that breaks down chemical from wastes and dead organisms, and returns important materials to the soil and water.  
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Protist   A eukaryotic organism that cannot be classified as an animal, plant, or fungus.  
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Protozoan   An animal like protist  
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Pseudopod   A false foot or temporary bulge of cytoplasm used for feeding and movement in some protozoans  
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Cilia   The hairlike projections on the outside of cells that move in a wave-like manner  
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Algae   Plantlike protist  
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Spore   A tiny cell that is able to grow into a new organism  
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Fungi   A eukaryotic organism that has cell walls, uses spores to reproduce, and is a heterotroph that feeds by absorbing its food.  
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Hyphae   The branching threadlike tubes that make up the bodies of multicellular fungi  
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Fruiting body   The reproductive structure of a fungus that contains many hyphae and produces spores.  
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Budding   A form of asexual reproduction of yeast in which a new cell grows out of the body as a parent  
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Lichen   The combination of a fungus and either an alga or an autotrophic bacterium that live together that live together in a mutualistic relationship.  
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Cuticle   The waxy ,waterproof layer that covers the leaves and stems of most plants.  
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Vascular Tissue   The internal transporting tissue in some plants that is made up of tube-like structures.  
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Zygote   A fertilized egg, produced by the joining of an egg and sperm  
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nonvascular tissue    
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rhizoid   A thin root-like structure that anchors a moss and absorbs water and nutrients.  
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phloem   The vascular tissue through which food moves in some plants.  
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xylem   The vascular tissue through which water and nutrients move in some plants.  
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pollen   Tiny particles produced by seed plants that contain the cells that later become sperm cells.  
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seed   The plant structure contains a young plant inside a protective covering  
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embryo   A young organism that develops from a zygote  
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cotyledon   a seed leaf.  
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gemination   The sprouting of the embryo from a seed that occurs where the embryo resumes growth.  
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cambium   A layer of cells in a plant that produces new phloem xylem cells.  
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transpiration   The process by which water is lost through a plant leaves  
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gymnosperm   A plant that produces seeds that are not enclosed by a protective fruit  
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cone   The reproductive system of the gymnosperm  
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pollination   The transfer of pollen from male reproductive structures in plants  
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angiosperm   A flowering plant that produces seeds enclosed in a protective structure.  
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fruit   The ripened ovary and other structures of an angiosperm that enclose one or more seeds.  
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monocot   An angiosperm with one seed leaf  
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dicot   An angiosperm with two seed leaves  
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tropism   the growth response of a plant toward or away from a stimulus  
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