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Taxonomy vocab (pg. 192 & 191)
taxonomy
microorganism
domain
kingdom
unicellular
multicellular
sexual
reproduction
The technique of classifying things
A living thing only visible with a microscope
The most general way you can categorize an
organism
The second level of taxonomic classification
One celled organism
An organism with many cells
An organism that reproduces with another
organism
Asexual
reproduction
An organism that DOES NOT need another
organism to reproduce.
Archaea
A unicellular microorganism without a nucleus, but
is more similar to animals than plants
A kingdom comprised of prokaryotic
microorganisms
Bacteria
(Eubacteria)
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
Eukaryota
(Eukaryote)
Micro-
A kingdom of organisms comprised of complex
organisms that get food by breaking down matter
in their surroundings
A kingdom of organisms that contain plants that
get their energy from photosynthesis
A kingdom of unicellular microorganisms (i.e. algae)
or multicellular organisms without specialized
tissues
Unicelled or multicellular organisms that have many
complex structures in membranes (i.e. a nucleus)
Derived from the greek word “micros” meaning
“small”
Eu-karyote
proaArchaea
Derived from the greek word meaning “good” or
“true”
Derived from the greek word meaning “nut” or
“kernel”
Derived from the greek word meaning “before”
Derived from the greek word meaning “not”
Derived from the greek word meaning “ancient
things”