classification, the categorizing of organisms based on similarities and differences, taxonomy, branch of biology in which organisms are named and organized based on shared traits, genus, a group of similar, closely related organisms, prokaryote, organism whose cells lack a nucleus and whose genetic material floats freely in the cells, eukaryote, organism that has a nucleus in each cell that contains its genetic material, decompose, to break down wastes and remains, returning nutrients to the ecosystem, domain, the most general level of organism classification, protist, an organism that doesn’t belong to any other kingdom, nucleus, structure within a cell that contains the genetic material that controls many cell activities

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