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7 levels of classification |
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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3 main domains |
archaebacteria, bacteria, eukarya |
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single celled prokaryotes that can survive in extreme conditions |
archaebacteria |
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what does virus mean in latin |
poison |
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diplo |
pairs |
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strep |
chains |
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staph |
clusters |
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cocci |
spherical |
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bacillus |
rodshaped |
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spirilli |
spiral |
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in kingdom protista what are animal like groups called |
protozoans |
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in kingdom protista what are plant like groups called |
algae |
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in kingdom protista what are fungus groups called |
slimes |
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what are the cell walls of fungi made of |
chitin |
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in fungi, if the food source is dead it is a |
decomposer |
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in fungi, if the food source is still alive it is a |
parasite |
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what are the cell walls of plants made of |
cellulose |
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what kingdom is multicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic, and have complex organs |
animalia |
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how do eubacteria reproduce |
asexually by binary fission |
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science of naming and classifying organisms |
taxonomy |
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groups of organisms in a classification system |
taxon |
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evolutionary history for a group of species |
phylogeny |
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classification based on common ancestry |
cladistics |
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evolutionary tree that proposes how species may be related to each other through common ancestors |
cladogram |
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traits that can be used to figure out evolutionary relationships among a group of species |
derived characters |
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models that use mutation rates to measure evolutionary time |
molecular clock |
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