Classification Vocabulary

A cell that lacks a nucleus is called a

• Eukaryote

• Prokaryote

• Plant

• Animal

A cell that contains a Nucleus/ Nuclei is a

• Bacterial

• Prokaryote

• Eukaryote

An organism made up on 1 single cell

• Multicellular

• Unicellular

• Many celled

An organism that is made up of many cells

• Unicellular

• Single-celled

• Multicellular

Reproduction that involves only one parent and produces identical offspring

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Single-celled

• Multicellular

Reproduction that involves two parents that combine their genetic material to produce a new organism which differs from both parents

• Single-celled

• Asexual

• Sexual

• Taxonomy

An organism that is able to capture energy from the sunlight and use it to produce its own food

• Heterotrophic

• Autotrophic

• Taxonomy

• Domains

An organism that cannot make its own food, but gets food by consuming other living things

• Autotroph

• Taxonomy

• Domain

• Heterotroph

Change over time; the process by which organisms have descended from an ancient ancestor

• Natural Selection

• Domain

• Evolution

• Taxonomy

Eukarya, Bacteria, Archaea

• Kingdoms

• Domains

• Classes

• Phylum