Chapter 2 : Classifying Living Things Flashcards
1
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the placing and sorting of things into groups of similar items
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classification
2
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a feature of an organism that helps it survive in its environment
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adaptation
3
Q
an organism whose cells have walls but no chloroplasts
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fungus
4
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microscopic organisms that may have characteristics of plants, animals, or fungi
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protist
5
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a group of organisms that share a major characteristics; are closely related
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genus
6
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a single kind of organism, defined by the fact that it can reproduce among its own kind
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species
