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| classification | the grouping of things according to a system |
| kingdom | the largest unit of classification |
| phylum | a group of closely related classes |
| scientific name | made up of the genus and species |
| felis concolor | mountain lion |
| virus | a small particle made up of a nucleic acid with a protein covering |
| vaccine | a substance that contains viruses that have been weakened |
| antibodies | a substance that protects against further infection |
| monerans | organisms that have the simplest cell structure |
| blue-green bacteria | monerans that can make their own food by photosynthesis |
| bacteria | monerans that do not contain blue-green pigments |
| fission | asexual reproduction of bacteria |
| parasite | an organism that lives on or in another organism and harms it |
| protists | single-celled organisms that live in water or moist places |
| diatom | a plant-like protist with a glassy cell wall |
| protozoan | an animal-like protist |
| flagellates | protozoans that use flagella for movement |
| conjugation | sexual reproduction between two cells that nuclear material is exchanged |
| fungus | an organsim that lacks chlorophyll, absorbs food, and produces spores |
| hyphae | threadlike structures of molds |
| fermentation | the process of releasing energy, alcohol, and carbon dioxide from sugar |
| budding | asexual reproduction that new organisms form from outgrowths of parents |
| symbiosis | a close relationship between two different kinds of arganisms |
| lichen | made up of a fungus and an alga |
