| A | B |
| organism | a living thing made up of a cell or cells |
| life process | a function that living things must perform in order to stay alive |
| nutrient | a substance that is needed for growth and survival |
| reproduce | to make more of the same kind |
| classify | to put into groups by a system |
| kingdom | the largest group into which an organism can be classified |
| moneran | an organism with no membrane around its nucleus |
| protist | a one- or many-celled organism with a membrane around each nucleus; protists use sunlight or eat food to get energy |
| fungus | an organism that absorbs food from the surface it lives on |
| genus | a group of closely related species |
| species | a group of organisms that have the same traits |
| scientific name | a name made up of an organism's genus and species names |