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| animals | members of the kingdom animalia are multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotrophs whose cells lack cell walls |
| Archaebacteria | kingdom and domain of bacteria that live in extreme environments |
| binomial nomeclature | a system for giving each organism a two word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name |
| carnivore | any animal that feeds on flesh |
| classification | the process of grouping things based on their similarities |
| domain | the broadest level of taxanomic groups, larger than kingdom, three exist arhea, eubacteria, eukaryota |
| environment | all the surrounding things, conditions, and influences affecting the growth or development of living things |
| Eubacteria | in a traditional taxonmic system a kingdom made up of all prokaryotes ecept members of the archaebacteria, currently biologist prefer to classify members of this kingdom into the domain eubacteria |
| fungi | kingdom composed of multicellular heterotrophs, that are decomposers |
| genus | a classification grouping that contains similar closely related species |
| herbivore | plant eating animal |
| host | an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite |
| inverebrate | lacking a backbone or spinal cord |
| kingdom | second larges taxonomic group; there are six: animalia, plantae, protista eubacteria, archaebacteria, fungi |
| omnivore | eats both meat and plants |
| parasite | an animal or plant that lives in or on a host |
| plants | kingdom: multicellular, autotrophic,eudaryote with tissues and organs that have specialized structures and functions |
| predator | animal that hunts and eats other animals |
| prey | an organism that is killed and eaten by another organism |
| protist | ekaryotic organisms that are either a unicellular or multicellular organism that lack complex organizations |
| protozoan | an animal like protist |
| species | a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring |
| taxonomy | the scientific study of how living things are classified |
| verebrate | having a backbone or spinal column |
| zygote | fertilized egg |
