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| Classification | is the grouping of things according to similar characteristics |
| Taxonomy | the science of classification |
| Taxonomists | scientists who work in the field of classification |
| Aristotle | developed the first system (Plants/Animals) |
| Binomial Nomenclature | Naming system using two names- genus, species |
| Linnaeus | Developed the system we use today |
| Kingdom | Largest classification group |
| Species | Smallest Classification group |
| The 5 Kingdoms | animals, plants, fungi,protists, monerans |
| Autotroph | Can make food from simple raw materials |
| Heterotroph | Cannot make their own Food |
| Monerans | Unicellular organisms that do not have a nucleus |
| Protists | Unicellular organisms that have a nucleus |
| Fungi | multicellular/unicellular organisms, have a cell wall, heterotrophs |
| Plants | Multicellular autotrophs |
| Animals | Multicellular heterotrophs that have specialized tissues |
| life span | the length of time an organism is expected to live |
| single cell organisms | reproduce by dividing into two cells |
| most multi-cell organisms | need to mate (female and male) |
| multi cell organisms | change shape and appearance when they grow |
| dichtomouse key | detailed list of identifying characters arranged in steps |
| Dinomial nomenclature | the genus and the species of the organism |
| Energy | living things use |
| multi-cell organisms | organisms grow/developby adding more cells, increasing mass & size |
| organism | anything living is called an |
| organized | organisms are |
| one or multi-celled | organisms can be |
| cell | smalled unit of an organism that carries on function of life |
| stimuli | living things respond to |
| homeostassis | organisms ability to keep property condition inside regardless of what is going on outside of the organism |
| Phylogency | the evolutionary history of an organism or how it has changed over time |
