Classify Life Vocabulary

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Classification

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The science of finding patterns or organizing categories for living things

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Kingdom

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The broadest or largest group into which an organism can be classified

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Species

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The narrowest, or smallest, group into which an organism can be classified

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Decomposers

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Break down the remains of dead organisms to feed on them

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Producers

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Living things that make their own food

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Consumers

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A living thing that eats other living things for energy

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Carnivore

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A consumer that eats meat

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Herbivore

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A consumer that eats plants

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Omnivore

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A consumer that eats meat and plants

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Dichotomous key

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A tool scientists use to classify organisms.