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Organism that gets energy by consuming others

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Heterotroph

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Most generalized biological classification level; includes archaea, bacteria, eukarya.

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Domain

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Study of anatomical, molecular, or developmental similarities between organisms

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Homology

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Study of classifying organisms; common system for scientists.

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Taxonomy

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2nd highest classification level; includes animals, plants, fungi, protists

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Kingdom

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An organism that creates its own food, usually through photosynthesis

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Autoroph

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Process by which organisms with favorable traits survive and reproduce.

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Natural Selection

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Geographic distribution of organisms; species in the same region are closely related.

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Biogeography

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Classification technique starting with generalization and increasing in specificity.

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Hierarchy

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Most specific classification level for an organism

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Species