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classification/process skills

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dichotomous key   key for the identification o organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters  
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fungi   multicellular eukaryotes that feed on dead or decaying organisms  
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sexual reproduction   reproductive process that involves two parents who combine their genetic material to produce a new organism, which differs from both parents  
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heterotroph   organism that cannot make its own food; a consumer  
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controlled variable   part of an experiment that is kept the same to isolate the effect of another part  
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archaebacteria   unicellular prokaryotes that live in extreme conditins  
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eubacteria   unicellular prokaryotes that do not need extreme condition in order to survive  
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asexual reproduction   reproductive process that involves only one parent and produces offspring that are identical to the parent  
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autotroph   organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis or chemiosynthesis  
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hypothesis   testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation  
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plants   multicellular eukaryotes that make their ow food  
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animals   multicellular eukaryotes that cannot make their own food  
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eukaryote   cell that contains a nucleus and other organelles  
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responding variable   part of an experiment that is observed or reacts to the conditions of the experiment  
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conclusion   results of an experiment  
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taxonomy   scientific study of how living things are classified  
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protists   mostly unicellular eukaryotes, the 'odds and ends' kingdom  
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prokaryote   cell that does not contain a nucleus or other organelles  
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manipulated variable   part of an experiment that is changed or altered for a certain effect.  
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homeostasis   maintaining stable internal conditions, such as temperature  
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