Classification of life
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| dichotomous key | A tool used to identify organisms by giving a series of characteristics with two different options
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| binomial nomenclature (scientific name) | The scientific naming system for naming organisms. Each name has the genus and species of the organism
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| domain | The most general grouping of organisms including: Archaea, Bacteria, Eukaryota
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| kingdoms | The second taxonomic class including: animalia, plantae, protista, archaebacteria, eubacteria, and fungi
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| levels of classification | Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
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| cladogram | A diagram based on shared traits that shows the evolutionary relationships of organisms and common ancestry
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| mobile/motile | Capable of moving
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| heterotrophic | an organism that gets its food by eating other organisms. Cannot make their own food.
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| autotrophic | an organism that produces its own food nutrients without eating other organisms
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| archae (archaebacteria) | Single-celled prokaryotes that can live in extreme environments
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| bacteria (eubacteria) | Single-celled prokaryotes that usually have a cell wall and usually reproduce by cell division
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| protist (protista) | Usually single-celled organisms that resemble animals, plants, or fungi but smaller and simpler. Can be multicellular.
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| fungus (fungi) | Eukaryotic, heterotrophic, organisms that are often decomposers. Usually multicellular, but can be single celled.
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| plants (plantae) | Multicellular autotrophs that go through photosynthesis
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| animals (animalia) | Multicellular eukaroytic heterotrophs with cells that lack cell walls.
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