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Kingdom - The highest classification into which living organisms are
grouped. One widely accepted system of classification
divides life into five kingdoms: prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants, and
animals.
Animal - A multicellular
organism of the kingdom Animalia.
Mammal -
Warm-blooded vertebrate animals. This includes
humans. They have hair on the skin, and the females produce milk for their
young.
Fish - Any of numerous
cold-blooded vertebrate animals that live in water. Fish have gills for
obtaining oxygen.
Invertebrate - Having no
backbone or spinal column.
Fungus - Any eukaryotic
organisms of the kingdom Fungi. They do not have chlorophyll or vascular tissue.
The kingdom includes the yeasts, molds, smuts, and mushrooms.
Plant -
Living organisms that make their own food. Most of them have chlorophyll.
Protist - Any of a group of
eukaryotic organisms belonging to the kingdom Protista. The protists include
protozoans, slime molds, brown algae, and red algae.
Vertebrate - having
vertebrae, a backbone, or a spinal column.
Classification - Putting
things into classes or categories of the same type.
Eukaryotic – have a membrane bound nucleus
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