Unit 12 Classification

Question	Answer
Species	A group of organisms that can interbreeding and produce fertile offspring in nature. Example: Homo sapien The term "sapien" is the species name.
Classification System	A system of organizing organisms based on similarities.
Kingdom	The largest category of the seven level system to classify all organisms.
Plant	Organisms that uses sunlight in a process called photosynthesis to make its own food.
Genus	The first word of a two part scientific name used to identify organisms. Example: Homo sapien The term "Homo" is the genus name.
Binomial Nomenclature	A two word system of naming organisms created by a scientist Carolus Linnaeus.
Animal	A group of organisms that do not have a cell wall , are heterotrophic and have eukaryote cells.

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