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Classification Vocab
Classification Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Organism | an individual, animal, plant, or single celled life form. |
| Cell | the smallest, basic unit of life that is responsible for all of life's processes. |
| Unicellular | (of protozoans, certain algae, spores, etc.) consisting of a single cell. |
| Multicellular | (of an organism or part) having or consisting of many cells. |
| Metabolism | the chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. |
| Stimulus | a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue. |
| Response | a verbal or written answer. |
| Development | the process of developing or being developed. |
| Asexual reproduction | : reproduction (as cell division, spore formation, fission, or budding) without union of individuals or gametes. |
| Sexual Reproduction | the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). |
| Spontaneous generation | the supposed production of living organisms from nonliving matter, as inferred from the apparent appearance of life in some supposedly sterile environments. |
| Autotroph | an organism that is able to form nutritional organic substances from simple inorganic substances such as carbon dioxide. |
| Heterotroph | an organism deriving its nutritional requirements from complex organic substances. |
| Classification | the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics. |
| Taxonomy | the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms; systematics. |
| Binomial nomenclature | the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet. |
| Genus | a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family, and is denoted by a capitalized Latin name, e.g. Leo. |
| Species | A group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. |
| Prokaryote | a microscopic single-celled organism that has neither a distinct nucleus with a membrane nor other specialized organelles. Prokaryotes include the bacteria and cyanobacteria. |
| Eukaryote | an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. Eukaryotes include all living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria. |
| Nucleus | the central and most important part of an object, movement, or group, forming the basis for its activity and growth. |
| Evolution | the process by which different kinds of living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth. |
| Branching tree diagram | a branching tree diagram is a set of groups within groups, with the organisms at the bottom having the fewest shared characteristics and the ones at the top having the most. |
| Shared derived characteristics | a shared character is one that two lineages have in common, and a derived character is one that evolved in the lineage leading up to a clade and that sets members of that clade apart from other individuals. |
| Convergent evolution | convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time |
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