Parts of Living Things
Classification System
Organisms
Where organisms live
vocabulary
100
A group of TISSUES that work together to do a certain job
organ
100
A characteristic of a living thing
trait
100
One type of organism living in an area
population
100
The home of an organism
habitat
100
The set of steps in which organisms get the food they need to survive
food chain
200
The smallest unit of living matter
cell
200
The LARGEST group into which an organism can be classified.
kingdom
200
The living part of an ecosystem
community
200
The living and nonliving things in an environment, and all their interactions
ecosystem
200
The pattern that shows how food chains are related
food web
300
A group of organs that work together to carry on life functions
organ system
300
A group made up of two or more very similar species
genus
300
Any organism that eats the food producers make, or that eats other consumers
consumer
300
A part of the air that is needed by most plants and animals to live
oxygen
400
a group of similar cells working together
tissue
400
The smallest group into which an organism is classified
species
400
An organisms that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms
decomposer
400
A living thing that carries out five basic life fuctions on its own
organism
500
An organism, such as a plant, that makes food.
producer
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