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Taxonomy
the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships
Taxonomic System
the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships
Scientific Community
the group of all interacting scientists
Organisms
an individual form of life, such as a plant, animal, bacterium, protist, or fungus
Hierarchical Classification System
a classification system where entries are arranged based on some hierarchical structure
Similarities
resemblance or likeness
Differences
being unlike or dissimilar
Groups
any collection or assemblage of persons or things
Characteristics
a distinguishing trait, quality, or property
Taxonomic Groups
animal or plant group having natural relations
Archaea
any of various single-celled prokaryotes genetically distinct from bacteria
Bacteria
Single-celled microorganisms that can exist either as independent organisms or as parasites
Protists
any of various one-celled organisms, classified in the kingdom Protista, that are either free-living or aggregated into simple colonies and that have diverse reproductive and nutritional modes
Fungi
kingdom of heterotrophic single-celled, multinucleated, or multicellular organisms
Plants
any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis
Animals
a multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia, differing from plants in certain typical characteristics such as capacity for locomotion, nonphotosynthetic metabolism, pronounced response to stimuli, restricted growth, and fixed bodily structure