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ECOLOGY - Classification Menu - taxonomy and dichotomous keys

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Species   Like members of a group that can mate and produce fertile offspring (the babies can have babies, too).  
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Classification   A universal system to communicate the scientific name of every organism. Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species  
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Kingdom   The most general category of classification. There are 5 - plants, animals, fungi, monera, protists  
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Biodiversity   All the different types of life. The greater the differences, the more stable the ecosystem.  
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Dichotomous key   A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, etc.  
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Environment   The surroundings where an organism lives (both living and non-living parts)  
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Plants   A kingdom of organisms that cannot move, which create their food by photosynthesis  
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Animals   A kingdom of organisms which can move about and must obtain (catch) and ingest (eat) their own food  
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Fungi   A kingdom of organisms like yeast and fungus, which cannot move, cannot do photosynthesis, and which absorb their food from their surroundings. They are often decomposers.  
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Taxonomy   The branch of science dealing with identifying and organizing living things  
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Ecology   The study of livings things and their natural environment  
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