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| grouping of objets or information based on similarities |
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| the branch of biology concerned with grouping and naming of organisms |
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system derived by Linnaeus that give each organism two names (in Latin)
• first name: identifies the genus
• second name: description of the organism |
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| a group of closely related species |
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| a group of closely related genera |
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| a group of related families |
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| a group of related classes in animals [ plants are called divisions |
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| groups of related classes in plants |
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| group of related phyla (animals) or divisions (plants) |
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| the evolutionary history of a species |
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| a eukaryotic organism that lacks complex organ systems and lives in moist environments |
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| a unicellular or multicellular heterotrophic eukaryote that absorbs nutrients by decomposing dead organisms and wastes in the environment |
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| tiny non-living particles- cellular organism that cause disease |
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| the living cell in which viruses reproduce |
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| a virus that infects bacteria |
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| the process in which a virus infect a cell, reproduces and the kills the cell to release other viruses |
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| viral reproductive cycle were the virus DNA becomes integrated into the host cell’s chromosome |
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| the name of a virus once it is inserted into the host cell chromosomes |
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| a RNA virus with most complex reproductive cycles |
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| an enzym which copies viral RNA into DNA |
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| organisms that feed on dead organisms or organic wastes |
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| bacteria that require oxygen for cellular respiration |
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| bacteria that cannot use oxygen and are killed by it |
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| a hard covering structure that bacteria produce when faced with unfavorable environmental conditions |
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| bacteria asexually reproduction process |
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| bacteria sexually reproduction process |
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| process that used by bacteria enzymes to convert N2 gas into ammonia (NH3) which can be used by plants |
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