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Acellular

Definition

The organisms/structures that do not have cell organization e.g. viruses, viroids, and prions.

Animalia

Definition

The kingdom includes multicellular heterotrophs that ingest food and digest it in body parts.

Binomial nomenclature

Definition

The system of naming organisms, in which the name consists of two words i.e. generic name and species name.

Biodiversity

Definition

The variety of species present in an ecosystem and the variety of organisms in each species.

Class

Definition

Ataxon that contains related orders.

Classification

Definition

The grouping of organisms based on similarities found in them.

Conservation

Definition

Defining the endangered and threatened species and taking measures for their protection.

Deforestation

VerifiedDefinition

Cutting down trees and converting forests into non-forest areas.

Endangered species

Definition

The species is at risk of becoming extinct because few members are left.

Family

Definition

A taxon that contains related genera. 

Fauna

Definition

Fauna can refer to the animal life or classification of animals of a certain region, period, or environment. Fauna is also of Latin origin. In Roman Mythology Fauna was the sister of Faunus, a good spirit of the forest and plains.

Flora

Definition

By definition, the flora is a word of Latin origin referring to Flora, the goddess of flowers. Flora can refer to a group of plants, a disquisition of a group of plants, as well as bacteria. Flora is the root of the word floral, which means flowers.

Fungi

Definition

Eukaryotic heterotrophs absorb food and contain chitin in their cell walls.

Genus

Definition

A taxon that contains related species. 

Monera

Definition

The kingdom includes prokaryotes.

Order

Definition

Ataxon that contain related families. 

Phylum

Definition

A taxon contains related classes. 

Plantae

Definition

The kingdom of multicellular eukaryotic autotrophs.

Prion

Definition

The acellular particles that consists of protein only. 

Soil erosion

Definition

Loss of topsoil often results from deforestation and wind or water erosion.

Protista

Definition

The kingdom containing the unicellular, colonial or simple multicellular eukaryotes.

Species

Definition

A group of similar organisms that can naturally interbreed among themselves to produce fertile offspring. 

Systematics

Definition

The branch deals with the classification and evolutionary histories of organisms. 

Taxon

Definition

The groups into which organisms are classified. 25. Taxonomic hierarchy: The arrangement of taxonomic taxa. 

Viroid

Definition

The acellular particles consist of circular RNA Only.

Archaebacteria

Definition

The monerans evolved first and live in extreme habitats.

Eubacteria

Definition

The monerans evolved after the archaebacteria. 

Eukaryote

Definition

An organism that contain eukaryotic cells.

Monophyletic

Definition

In the evolutionary tree, the group of descendants has the same ancestor.

Prokaryote

Definition

Unicellular organisms that do not have a distinct nucleus in their cells e.g. bacteria. 

Subspecies

Definition

The smaller division of the taxon of species. 

Threatened species

Definition

The species are at risk of becoming extinct in the near future.