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phylum that includes segmented worms (earthworms, leeches)
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annelida
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phylum that includes seed plants that form flowers
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anthophyta
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phylum that includes animals with jointed appendages and an exoskeleton
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arthropoda
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able to manufacture organic molecules form inorganic materials
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autotrophic
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rod-shaped bacterial cells
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bacilli
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phylum that includes non-vascular plants (mosses)
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bryophyta
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phylum that includes animals with a notochord, a dorsal nerve cord, and pharyngeal gill slits
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chordata
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process of sorting objects into categories for purposes of identification
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classification
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phylum that includes animals with specialized stinging cells used to capture food; hydra, jellyfish, and coral
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cnidaria
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spherical bacterial cells
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cocci
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internal body cavity in certain animal phyla
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coelom
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reproductive organ in conifers, consisting of specialized leaves that bear reporductive structures
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cone
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phylum that includes seed plants that form cones
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coniferophyta
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phylum that includes marine animals with 5 fold symmetry
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echinodermata
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cell that has membrane bound organelles (nucleum or mitochondria)
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eukaryote
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rigid outer covering of certain animals (arthropods and many molluscs)
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exoskeleton
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graphic representation of a classication procedure
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flow chart
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reproductive organ of anthophytes, consisting of specialized leaves for protection, pollinator attraction, and gamete production
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flower
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kingdom that includes multicellular eukaryotes that obtain organic molecules by absorption across the body surface
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fungi
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unable to manufacture organic molecules from inorganic materials; must obtain organic molecules by absorption or ingestion
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heterotrophic
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elongated, cylindrical cell type found in fungi
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hypha
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highest categoy in the hiearchy of biological classification
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kingdom
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tissue that secretes the shell in molluscs
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mantle
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phylum that includes soft-bodies animals with a mantle
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mollusca
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kingdom that includes all prokaryotic organisms (bacteria and blue-green algae)
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monera
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condition of an organism composed of several, interdependent cells
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multicellular
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mass of thread-like hyphae; forms body of a fungus
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mycelium
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rod-shaped structure that provides support in all chordates
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notochord
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taxonomic category that recognizes the major types of animals
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phylum
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phylum that includes flatworms (tapeworms and planaria)
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platyhelminthes
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phylum that includes sponges
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porifera
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cell that lacks membrane-bound organelles, though it does include organelles such as ribosomes
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prokaryote
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kingdom that includes mostly unicellular eukaryotes
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protista
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phylum that includes the seedless vascular plants
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pterophyta
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structure containing embryo and food source for developing plant
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seed
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fundamental unit of biological classification
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species
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spiral-shaped bacterial cells
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spirila
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reproductive cell, capable of producing new individual by itself
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spore
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spore-bearing structure found in various fungi
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sporangium
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branch of biology dealing with the names of organisms and their classification
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taxonomy
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specialized cells that provide structural support and internal transport in certain plants (tracheophytes)
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vascular tissue
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