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7th Grade Unit 35

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Bacteria   microscopic, single-celled organisms that are found almost everywhere on Earth  
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Archaea   microorganisms that define the limits of life on Earth. They were originally discovered and described in extreme environments  
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Taxonomy   the science of classifying and naming living organisms based on their shared characteristics, essentially organizing them into groups based on their similarities and differences  
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Domain   the highest level of classification for living organisms, essentially dividing all life on Earth into a few major groups  
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Eukarya   a domain of life that includes organisms with cells containing a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles  
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Unicellular   an organism is made up of only one single cell  
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Prokaryotic   a simple, single-celled organism that lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles  
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Eukaryotic   a cell that has a well-defined nucleus surrounded by a membrane, containing the genetic material, and also has other specialized structures called organelles, each with a specific function within the cell  
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Multicellular   an organism made of more than one cell  
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Kingdoms   the highest level of classification for living organisms, grouping together large groups of organisms with similar characteristics, like animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria, which share a common ancestry and evolutionary lineage  
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Animalia   the kingdom that includes all animals, from insects to humans  
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Plantae   the kingdom of all plants, encompassing everything from mosses and ferns to conifers and flowering plants  
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Fungi   organisms that are not plants but are more closely related to animals. They are heterotrophic, meaning they digest food externally, and they lack chlorophyll and vascular tissue  
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Protista   a diverse group of single-celled, eukaryotic organisms that are neither plants, animals, nor fungi, meaning they are essentially all other eukaryotes that don't fit into those three kingdom  
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Eubacteria   prokaryotic microorganisms consisting of a single cell lacking a nucleus and containing DNA is a single circular chromosome  
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Archaebacteria   a group of microorganisms considered to be an ancient form of life that evolved separately from the bacteria and blue-green algae  
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Phylum   a major group of organisms within a kingdom, classified together based on shared fundamental characteristics, ranking above class and below kingdom in the taxonomic hierarchy  
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Class   a taxonomic rank that groups together organisms sharing a significant number of characteristics, sitting below the phylum and above the order in the classification system  
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Order   a taxonomic rank that groups together a collection of related families of organisms, sitting between "class" and "family" in the hierarchy  
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Family   a group of related genera (types of organisms) that share similar characteristics, classified within a taxonomic hierarchy between the order and genus levels  
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Genus   a group of closely related species that share many similar characteristics, considered a taxonomic rank above species and below family in the classification system  
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Species   a group of organisms that can interbreed with each other and produce fertile offspring  
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Binomial Nomenclature   a system of naming organisms using two parts: the first part identifies the genus and the second part identifies the species  
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