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Acellular
The organisms/structures that do not have cell organization e.g. viruses, viroids, and prions.
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Animalia
The kingdom includes multicellular heterotrophs that ingest food and digest it in body parts.
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Binomial nomenclature
The system of naming organisms, in which the name consists of two words i.e. generic name and species name.
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Biodiversity
The variety of species present in an ecosystem and the variety of organisms in each species.
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Conservation
Defining the endangered and threatened species and taking measures for their protection.
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Deforestation
Cutting down trees and converting forests into non-forest areas.
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Endangered species
The species is at risk of becoming extinct because few members are left.
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Fauna
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.
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Flora
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.
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Protista
The kingdom containing the unicellular, colonial or simple multicellular eukaryotes.
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Species
A group of similar organisms that can naturally interbreed among themselves to produce fertile offspring.
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Systematics
The branch deals with the classification and evolutionary histories of organisms.
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Taxon
The groups into which organisms are classified. 25. Taxonomic hierarchy: The arrangement of taxonomic taxa.
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Prokaryote
Unicellular organisms that do not have a distinct nucleus in their cells e.g. bacteria.
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