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| Classification | putting things into orderly groups based on characteristics |
| Taxonomy | science of describing, classifying, and naming things |
| Dichotoous Key | an identification aid that uses sequential pairs of descriptive statements |
| Prokaryote | single celled organisms that do not have a nucleus |
| Binary Fission | asexual reproductions in single celled organisms where cell divides into two cells of the same size |
| Antibiotic | medicines used to kill bacteria and other microorganisms |
| Pathogenic Bacteria | bacteria that causes diseases |
| Virus | a microscopic particle that gets inside a cell and often destroys it |
| Host | a living thing that a virus or parasite invades causing harm. |
| Protist | single celled or simple multi-cellular organisms |
| Heterotroph | an organism that cannot make their own food; that eats other organisms |
| Parasite | invades another organisms to get the nutrients it needs |
| Algae | producer that uses the sun’s energy to make food through photosynthesis; most live in water |
| Phytoplankton | microscopic, photosynthetic organisms that float near the surface of marine or fresh water |
| Fungus | an organism whose cells have nuclei, rigid cell walls, and no chlorophyll |
