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Autotrophs
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a self feeder, an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis or chemosynethesis.
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Bionomial Nomenclature
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the two-naming system of determining the scientific name of an organism using its genius and species classification.
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Biosphere
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the global econsystem of life on earth that extends form the top of the tallest moutain to the bottom of the seas.
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Cell
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a microscopic mass of protoplasm, the unit of structure in all living things.
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Class
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a taxonomic subcategory of phyla, as organisms appear to be increasingly realated to each other, they are more and more narrowly classified within taxonomic subcategories.
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Classification
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the classification of organisms into a coherent scheme.
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Population
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a grouping of populations of different species living in a particular area at a particular time.
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DNA
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Deoxyribonucleic acid, the herideritary material that controls all cell activity and determines all the characteristics of organisms.
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Domian
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the most inclusive level of organism classification.
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Ecosystem
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all the biotic and abiotic factors within a certain area, a community consisting of plants, animals, and microorganisms that interact with each other and the enviroment. they are interdependent on one another for survival.
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Eukaryotes
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cells that have organelles and a membrane-bounded nucleous.
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Evolution
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the descent of modification of different lineages from common ancestors.
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Family
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a taxonomic category between order and genus.
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Genus
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a taxonomic category between family and speceis.
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Heterotrophs
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an organism that can not produce its own food.
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Kingdoms
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a category of toxodermy between domain and phylum.
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Order
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a category of taxodermy between class and family.
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Organ
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two or more tissues grouped together to form a structural and functional unit.
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Organ system
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a group of organs that function together to carry out the principal activities of an organism.
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Organims
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all living things, either multi or singular celluar.
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Phyla
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a category of taxodermy between Kingdom and class.
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Population
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a group of the same species that occur together in the same place and time.
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Prokaryotes
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unicellular organisms that have no membrane-bounded organelles or nucleus.
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Species
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a group of interbreeding natural populations that reproduce exclusively with one another
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Systematics
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the study of the diversity of organisms, focusing on their evolutionary relationship, as well as there comparitive relationships.
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Taxonomy
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a method of classification of the deverse array of species based on their common ancestory.
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Tissue
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a group of cells that work together to perform a function.
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