Essential Science Vocabulary: Life Science: Organisms and Taxonomy

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  1. amphibian
    cold-blooded vertebrate living on land but breeding in water
  2. arthropod
    invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body
  3. bacteria
    single-celled organisms that can cause disease
  4. cold-blooded
    having a body temperature that is not internally regulated
  5. domain
    (biology) the taxonomic category above the kingdom
  6. eukaryote
    an organism of one or more cells with membrane-bound nuclei
  7. family
    a taxonomic group above genus
  8. fungus
    a spore-producing organism that lacks chlorophyll
  9. genus
    taxonomic group containing one or more species
  10. invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
  11. kingdom
    the taxonomic group above phylum and below domain
  12. mammal
    a warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin covered with hair
  13. order
    a taxonomic group containing one or more families
  14. organism
    a living thing that can act or function independently
  15. phylum
    the major taxonomic group of animals and plants
  16. plant
    a living organism without the power to move
  17. prokaryote
    a unicellular organism lacking a membrane-bound nucleus
  18. reptile
    a cold-blooded vertebrate including snakes and lizards
  19. species
    taxonomic group whose members can interbreed
  20. vertebrate
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton
  21. virus
    infectious agent that replicates itself within living hosts
  22. warm-blooded
    of animals able to regulate body temperature internally
Created on Thu Aug 05 10:06:22 EDT 2021 (updated Thu Aug 05 10:24:25 EDT 2021)

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