Vocabulary for Unit 5- Classification and Taxonomy
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| Classification | A system that sorts living organisms based on shared DNA and characteristics.
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| Taxonomy | The science of sorting and naming living things
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| Binomial nomenclature | A 2-word system used to name organisms using their genus and species.
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| Domain | The largest and least specific level of classification
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| Species | The smallest and most specific level of classification
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| Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species | Does King Philip Come Over for Good Spaghetti
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| Prokaryotic | Cells without a nucleus
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| Eukaryotic | Cells with a nucleus
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| Asexual reproduction | Creates identical copies of the 1 parent organism
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| Sexual reproduction | Creates offspring with a unique combination of DNA from the 2 parent organisms
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| Autotroph | An organism that can make it's own energy
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| Heterotroph | An organism who needs to get energy by eating other things, or by absorbing it
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| Locomotion | The ability to move
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| Unicellular | An organism with only 1 cell
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| Multicellular | An organism with more than 1 cell
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| Domain Eukarya | The domain including all eukaryotic organisms
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| Monera | Another word for the kingdom that includes bacteria. Prokaryotic, unicellular, reproduce asexually.
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| Animals | Eukaryotic, multicellular, can move, heterotrophic
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| Plants | Eukaryotic, multicellular*, can't move, autotrophic
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| Fungi | Eukaryotic, multicellular*, can't move, heterotrophic
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| Protist | Any eukaryotic organism that isn't an animal, plant, or fungus
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| Vertebrates / Chordata | A phylum of animals that includes animals with bones and a spinal cord
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| Invertebrates | Animals that don't have bones
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