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| classification | the process of grouping things based on their similarities |
| taxonomy | the scientific study of how organisms are classified |
| binomial nomeclature | "two name" system for naming organisms |
| genus | the first part of an organism's name |
| species | the second part of an organism's name |
| Your first name is like the ________ name. | genus |
| Your last name, or family name, is like the ______ name. | species |
| taxonomic key | a series of paired statments that help scientists classify organisms |
| Musrooms belong to this category. | fungi |
| This category is made up of multicellular autotrophs. | plants |
| This category is made up of multicellular heterotrops. | animals |
| This is the "odds and ends" group. | protists |
| bacteria | single celled, no nucleus |
| flagellum | long, whip like structure that help bacteria move |
| asexual reproduction | type of reproduction that requires only "one" parent, and it results in an exact copy of the parent |
| sexual reproduction | requires two parents, results in a unique organism |
| conjugation | the transfer of genetic material between two bacterial cells |
| decomposers | organisms that break down dead organisms |
| infectious diseases | diseases that pass from one organism to another |
| toxin | a poison |
| antibiotic | a chemical that can kill bacteria |
| virus | a small, nonliving particle that invades and then reproduces inside a living cell |
| host | an organism that provides energy to a virus or other organism |
| parasite | an organism that lives on/in a host |
| bacteriophage | a virus that infects bacterial cells |
| vaccine | a substance that stimulates the body to produce chemicals that kill viruses or bacteria |
