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Biology
9th Grade
09/18/2009

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Species
Definition
multipule living creatures that have the same features and can reproduce with each other
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Kingdom
Definition
a huge grouping of living things
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Animalia
Definition
one of the 5 animal kingdoms; it needs to consume other organisims to survive
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Fungi
Definition
one of the Kingdoms; decomposers
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Viruses
Definition
not considered life because it cannot reproduce on its own but uses another organisims cells
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Plantae
Definition
one of the biological kingdoms; they have photosynthisis
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Phylums
Definition
the level of grouping below kingdoms
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Classes
Definition
the level of grouping below Phylums
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Orders
Definition
the  grouping below classes
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 Family
Definition
the grouping below orders
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Genus
Definition
the grouping below family, somtimes the species in a genus can reproduce with each other such as some types of wolfs and dogs
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sub-species
Definition
somtimes the organisims within a species will have slight differences but can still reproduce with each other; they are subspecies
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Prokaryotae
Definition
one of the 5 kingdoms; includes creatures such as Bacteria
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Protista
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one of the 5 kingdoms; all organisims that cannot be organised into one of the other kingdoms go here
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Community
Definition
same as ecosystem exept for no abiotic elements
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population
Definition
population of a single species
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ecosystem
Definition
all abiotic and biotic elements that interact in a environment
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