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| taxonomy | the schience of classifying living things |
| animal | the kingdom of organisms that are multicellular and need to eat |
| species | the smallest classification group, each organism has their own |
| protist | a kingdom of single-celled organisms that have a nucleus |
| fungus | the kingdom of organisms that absorbs their food and are not green |
| kingdom | the largest classification group, all organisms belong in one of five |
| plant | the kingdom of organisms that are multicellular and makes their own food by photosynthesis |
| eubacteria | a kingdom of unicellular organisms without a nucleus |
| phylum | these are made up of a group of classes |
| class | a group of orders |
| order | classes are broken into groups of these |
| family | this is a group of genuses |
| genus | this is the first part of the scientific name. |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher who grouped all organisms by land, air, and water |
| Carolus Linnaeus | Swedish scientist who came up with the classifications system we still use today |
| scientific name | a unique name that includes the genus and species names of an organism |
| binomial nomenclature | two-name naming |
| taxonomic key | guide to identify organisms by their physical characteristics |
| field guide | book of pictures to identify organisms |
| eukaryote | cells WITH a nucleus and other organelles surrounded by a membrane |
| prokaryote | cells WITHOUT a nucleus and other organelles surrounded by a nucleus |
| heterotroph | consumer (eats food) |
| autotroph | producer (makes food) |
| unicellular | made of only one cell |
| multicellular | made of many cells |
| Homo sapien | the scientific name for modern day humans |
| Micah Meredith | Mrs. Daily's wonderful grandson |
