Radience

Classifying Living Things

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animalia

the kingdom of multicellular organisms, like humans, lions and insects
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archaea

a domain of unicellular prokaryotes with cell walls, they live in extreme environments
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bacteria

a domain of unicellular prokaryotes with cell walls
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binomial nomenclature

the two-word (genus and species) naming system for organisms, like homo sapiens
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classification

grouping things by similarity
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dichotomous key

an aid to identify organisms by answering a series of questions
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fungi

the kingdom of organisms that absorb nutrients from dead matter, like mushrooms or molds
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genus

a group made up of similar species
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plantae

the plant kingdom, multicellular organisms that are usually green and perform photosynthesis
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protista

the kingdom of unicellular organisms that have a nucleus, but are not plants, animals, or fungi, like an amoeba
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species

a group of similar organisms that can breed and produce fertile offspring
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stimulus

anything that causes an organism to react
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taxonomy

the scientific classification and naming of organisms
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