| A | B |
| protists | a unicellular organisim that contains a nucleus |
| alga | any simple plantlike nonvascular photosynthetic autotroph |
| ameba | a bloblike protist that uses it's pseudopods |
| cilliate | animal like protist that poses cillia at some piont in its life. |
| autotroph | An organism that obtains energy by making its own food |
| heterotroph | an organisim that cannot make its own food and thus must eat other organisims in order to obtain energy |
| genus | the second-smallest taxonomic group; a genus consists of a number of similar, closley related species; a number of closley related genera to make up a family |
| mushroom | a multicellular Fungus shaped liked an umbrella |
| species | the smallest and most specific taxonomic grouup |
| kingdom | the most general taxonomic group |
| phylum | the second most general taxonomic group |
| class | the third most taxonomic group |
| order | the fourth most general taxonomic group |
| family | the third most specific taxonomic |
| binominal nomenclature | the naming system in which each organism is given a genus and species name/.l |