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Classification Vocabulary

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Definition
Organism   show
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show the smallest unit that can live on its own and that makes up all living organisms and the tissues of the body  
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show A unicellular organism is made of only one cell  
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show an organism composed of many cells, which are to varying degrees integrated and independent.  
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show The chemical changes that take place in a cell or an organism  
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Stimulus   show
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show An action or movement due to the application of a stimulus.  
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show The series of changes which animal and vegetable organisms undergo in their passage from the embryonic state to maturity, from a lower to a higher state of organization.  
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show generates offspring that are genetically identical to a single parent.  
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Sexual reproduction   show
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Spontaneous generation   show
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show an organism that can produce its own food using light, water, carbon dioxide, or other chemicals.  
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Heterotroph   show
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Classification   show
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show the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms  
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Binomial nomenclature   show
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Genus   show
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Species   show
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Prokaryote   show
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Eukaryote   show
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show the membrane-enclosed organelle within a cell that contains the chromosomes.  
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Evolution   show
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Branching tree diagram   show
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show A shared character is one that two lineages have in common.  
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show the process whereby distantly related organisms independently evolve similar traits to adapt to similar necessities  
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