Unit 8 - Classification Of Living Things

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Organism

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Any living thing

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Cell

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Smallest unit of an organism that carries out the functions of life

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Stimulus

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Any change in an organism's surroundings that will cause an organism to react

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Response

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An organism's reaction to a stimulus

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Autotroph

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Organisms that make their own food for energy through the process of photosynthesis; for example plants

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Heterotroph

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Organisms that have to eat food for energy; for example animals

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Asexual Reproduction

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Reproduction that involves only one parent and produces offspring identical to the parent

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Sexual Reproduction

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Reproduction that involves two parents. The egg (female reproductive cell) and sperm (male reproductive cell) combine to make an offspring different from both parents

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Unicellular

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Organism made of only one cell

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Multicellular

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Organism made of many cells

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Taxonomy

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The study of how scientists classify organisms

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Kingdom

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Broadest level of the classification system; includes plants, animals, fungi, protists, and monerans

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Genus

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Contains closely related organisms; first word in an organism's scientific name

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Species

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All of the organisms of the same type which are able to breed and produce young of the same kind; second word in an organism's scientific name

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Scientific Name

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Made up of an organism's genus and species; written in italics with the genus capitalized and the species lowercase

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Dichotomous Key

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An identification key that uses a series of paired characteristics to find the name of an organism, object, or material

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Growth

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Getting larger in size

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Development

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Becoming more structurally complex

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Animal Kingdom

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Kingdom of living things with the following characteristics: multicellular, cells have a nucleus, heterotrophs, further classified into vertebrates and invertebrates

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Plant Kingdom

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Kingdom of living things with the following characteristics: multicellular, cells have a nucleus, are autotrophs that use sunlight to make their own food

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Fungi Kingdom

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Kingdom of living things with the following characteristics: mostly multicellular, cells have a nucleus, are heterotrophs that absorb nutrients from other living or dead organisms

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Protist Kingdom

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Kingdom of living things with the following characteristics: mostly unicellular, cells have a nucleus, can be autotrophs or heterotrophs, can be plant-like, fungus-like, or animal-like

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Monera Kingdom

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Kingdom of living things with the following characteristics: mostly unicellular, cells do not have a nucleus, can be autotrophs or heterotrophs, includes bacteria