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What are the 12 levels of biological Organization?

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Atom, Molecule, Organelle, Cell, Tissue, Organ, Organ system, Organism, Population,Community, Ecosystem, Biosphere

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Basic unit of life

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Cell

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(Level of Biological Organization) same species and time

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Population

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(Level of Biological Organization) different species

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Community

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(Level of Biological Organization) living and non-living

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Ecosystem

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(Level of Biological Organization) all that supports life

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Biosphere

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Make their own food (food chain)

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Producers

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Make their own food usually photosynthetic

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Autotrophs

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Eats other organisms, living or dead (food chain)

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Consumers

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Recycles nutrients to non-living environment (food chain)

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Decomposers

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Cannot produce their own food

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Heterotrophs

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process in the body where it maintains equilibrium

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Hemeostasis

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Type of reproduction where genetics come from only one parent

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Asexual Reproduction

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Type of reproduction where genetics come from two parents

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Sexual Reproduction

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Type of reproduction where all offspring are virtually identical

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Asexual Reproduction

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Type of reproduction where doubling and dividing of the contents of the cell happens to be able to have an offspring

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Asexual Reproduction

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Type of reproduction where combination of inherited traits happen

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Sexual Reproduction

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Type of reproduction that results to diversity

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Sexual Reproduction

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INHERITED, enables organism to survive and reproduce

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Adaptation

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PROCESS, enables the organism to adapt and change. Enhanced reproductive success based on inherited characteristics

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Natural Selection

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Naming and classifying of organism

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Taxonomy

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Basic unit of classification

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Species

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8 Taxonomic group from most inclusive to least

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Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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3 Domains (Taxonomy)

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Domain Bacteria
Domain Archea
Domain Eukarya

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Domains that are prokaryotic and most unicellular

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Domain Bacteria and Archea

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Domain that is uekaryotic and uni/multicellular. Has three kindoms

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Domain Eukarya

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Kingdom that is multicellular and are heterotrophs

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Kingdom Animalia

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Kingdom that is most multicellular and are heterotrophs by external digestion

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Kingdom Fungi

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Kingdom that is multicellular and are autotrophs, photosynthetic

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Kingdom Plantae

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Means multiple kingdom, uni/multicellular and auto/heterotrophs

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Protista

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True or False: Bacteria is not a cell

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False: Bacteria have membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, and protein

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True or False: Virus is alive

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False: Virus only have protein shell that is surrounded by small amounts of genetic material

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