Classifying and Exploring Life

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Homeostasis

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The condition in which an organism’s internal environment is kept stable in spite of changes in the external environment.

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Organism

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A living thing.

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Cell

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The smallest unit of life

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a group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring that can also mate and reproduce

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species

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Group of similar species

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genus

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naming system that gives organisms a two-word scientific name

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binomial nomenclature

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Classification category that ranks above phylum and below domain

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Kingdom

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Series of descriptions arranged in pairs that can be used by scientists to identify an unknown organism

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Dichotomous key

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having only one cell

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Unicellular

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Made up of more than one cell

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Multicellular