| A | B |
|---|
| organism | a living thing |
| reproduction | an organism making more of its own kind |
| stimulus | a change that produces a response |
| adaptation | something that allows an organism to survive in its environment |
| classification | an organizational grouping system |
| kingdom | most general classification |
| genus | families are divided into this |
| species | most specific classification |
| order | class is separated into this |
| family | order is sub-divided into this |
| class | mammal, bird, fish, reptile, etc |
| protist | 38,000 species, one-celled or many-celled, nucleus |
| moneran | very simple, no nucleus, one-celled |
| animal | largest kingdom |
| plant | produces own food, 285,000 species |
| fungi | decomposers, yeast is an example |
| scientific name | genus is first word, second word gives a trait of the organism |
| dichotomous key | tool used to identify organisms |
| phylum | subgroup of kingdom- chordata |
| traits of living things | made of cells, reproduce, use food and water and produce waste, grow and develop, respond, adapted to environment |
