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Chapter 1 Diversity of Living things
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7th Grade
11/09/2015

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Microorganisms
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Very small organisms
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Kingdoms
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groups of divided organisms scientists use to identify
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Binary Fission
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A way single celled organisms reproduce
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Virus
Definition
Genetic material enclosed in a protein shell
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Bacteria
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Simplest kind of life known on earth
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Archea
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Single celled organisms that can survive in the largest range of envirements
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Producers
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Bacteria that transform energy from sunlight into energy that can be used by cells
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Decomposers
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Get energy by breaking down materials in dead or decaying organisms
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Parasites
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An organism that absorbs nutrients from the body of another organism often harming it in the process
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Host Cells
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Cells that viruses infect in order to make copies
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Algae
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Multicellular protists and single celled protists that use sunlight as an energy source
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Plankton
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Organisms that drift in water
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Protozoa
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Protists that eat other organisms or decaying parts of other organisms are animal like protists or Protozoa
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