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| kingdom | the largest group Carolus Linnaeus used to classify living things (we have 6) |
| species | a group of similar organisms in a genus that can reproduce more of their own kind |
| phylum | a main group within a kingdom whose members share a main characteristic |
| organism | any living thing that can carry out its life activities on its own |
| microbe | a living thing that is so small that it can be seen only with a microscope |
| classify | putting into groups based on similarities |
| bacteria | are found in three shapes: rodlike, spherical, and spiral |
| Carolus Linnaeus | developed the classification system we still use today |
| Aristotle | developed the classification system that divided living things into plants and animals |
| cone-bearing plants | carry their seeds in cones rather than in pods or fruit |
| plants | many celled, do not move, make their own food |
| animals | many celled, can move, do not make their own food |
| fungi | mostly many celled, do not move, do not make their own food |
| protist | one or many celled, may or may not make their own food, most move |
| bacteria | they are actually divided into two kingdoms, are one celled, do not have a cell nucleus, most do not make their own food |
| scientific name | consists of the Genus as the first name and the species as the last name |
| virus | this is not a member of any kingdom |
| domain | the largest group used the classify living things-just came along in the 1990's |
