classification
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| what is classification? | the process of classifying something by shared qualities and characteristics.
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| what is an organism? | any living thing
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| what is diversity? | variety
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| what is a characteristic? | a feature or quality
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| what is a Dichotomous key? | a tool that allows you to determine the identity of things
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| what is taxonomy? | the branch of science concerned with classification
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| what is a domain? | highest taxonomic rank of organisms
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| what is the six kingdom system? | the chart for classifying organisms
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| what is a microorganism? | a microscopic organism
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| what does single-celled mean? | the organism is made up of one cell
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| what does multi-celled man? | the organism is made up of many cells
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| what does it mean to be prokaryotic? | the organism does not have membrane bound organelles
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| what does it mean to be eukaryotic? | the organism does have membrane bound organelles
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| what is an autotroph? | an organism can make its own energy
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| what is a heterotroph? | an organism that eats other organisms to get energy
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| what is a decomposer? | an organism that decomposes organic material
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| what is a carnivore? | an organism that eats only meat
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| what is a herbivore? | an organism that eats only plants
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| what is an omnivore? | an organism that eats both meat and plants
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| what is a detritivore? | an organism that feeds on dead organic material
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| what is an insectivore? | an animal or plant that feeds off insects
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| what is phylogeny? | the branch of biology research evolution and diversity
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| what is a cladogram? | a diagram showing the cladistic relation ship between a number of species
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