Classification Vocabulary

reproductive process that involves only ONE parent and produces offspring that are IDENTICAL to the parents

• asexual reproduction

• spontaneous generation

• sexual reproduction

• genus

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

organism that makes its own food

• autotroph

• heterotroph

• organism

• prokaryotes

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

the total of all variety among living things in an ecosystem

often refers to genetic variation, ecosystem variation, or species variation

• biodiversity

• classification

• organism

• species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

system for naming organisms in which each organism is given a unique, two-part scientific name consisting of genus and species

• binomial nomenclature

• genus

• species

• taxonomy

process of grouping things based on their similarities

• classification

• binomial nomenclature

• taxnomy

• biodiversity

organism whose cells contain nuclei

• eukaryotes

• prokaryotes

• autotroph

• heterotroph

classification grouping that consists of a number of similar, closely related species

• genus

• species

• organism

• taxonomy

organism that does NOT have the ability to make its own food

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• organism

• eukaryotes

maintenance of stable internal conditions in an organism

• homeostasis

• biodiversity

• taxonomy

• classification

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

any living thing

• organism

• species

• genus

• autotroph

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-2