| A | B |
| binomial nomenclature | two name naming system |
| Kingdom | highest level of classification |
| Phylum | classification between kingdom and class |
| Class | classification between phylum and order |
| Order | classification between class and family |
| Family | classification between order and genus |
| Genus | classification between family and species |
| Species | lowest, most specific classification |
| Monerans | also known as bacteria - simplest organisms on the planet |
| autotroph | Means self-food |
| heterotroph | Means other-food |
| consumer | eats other organisms for food |
| producer | makes its own food |
| Protists | single celled organisms with a nucleus |
| Fungi | Single celled or multicelled organisms with cell walls, heterotrophs |
| Plants | generally mulit-celled organisms with cell walls- autotrophs |