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organisms that convert energy from light or inorganic substances to usable energy .
autotrophs
organisms that obtain energy from other organisms.
Heterotrophs
a specific environment were organism lives.
habitat
A naming system that gives each living thing a two word scientific name
Binomial nomenclature
A group of organisms.
Taxon
Do not have a nucleus or other membrane-bound organelles.
prokaryotic cells
Have a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
Eukaryotic cells
The liquid part of a cell inside the cell membrane .
cytoplasm
Organelles that break down food and release energy.
Mitochondria