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| classification | the science of finding patterns; |
| kingdoms | broadest group an organism is classified into; therre are six of them |
| classify | sorting living things into groups according to shared traits |
| species | the narrowest group an organism can be classified into; only contains organisms very closely related |
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone |
| invertebrate | animal without a backbone |
| plants and animals | the only kingdoms that include multicellular organisms |
| animals | do not make their own food |
| fungi and protists | have both unicellular and multicellular species |
| plants and fungi | have cell walls |
| vertebrate and invertebrate | two major groups of the animal kingdom |
| mammals | the most familiar vertebrate group |
| arthropods | the largest invertebrate phylum |
| chordates | vertebrate animals that have a rod that runs most of the length of their body |
| five main classes of vertebrates | fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals |
| vascular and nonvascular | two major groups that plants are organized into |
| vascular | means contains tubes or vessels |
| vascular tissue | carries water and nutrients up from plant's roots to leaves and moves sugars |
| fungi | get food by breaking down dead organisms |
| yeast | a fungus that makes bread rise |
| bacteria | unicellular organisms with no nucleus or mitochondria |
| true and ancient | The two kingdoms used to classify bacteria are the _______ and the _______ |
| protists | can be unicellular or multicellular |
| organelles | protists have large cells, a nucleus, and bound __________. |
| viruses | bridge the gap between the living and the nonliving |
| reproduction | Viruses carry out not life processes except for ________________ |
