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Carnivores
Eat only meat.
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Herbivores
Eat only plants
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Omnivores
Eat both plants and other animals.
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Domain
A group of organisms that are similar based on characteristics such as chemistry and cell structure. .
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Kingdom
A group organisms by developmental characteristics and whether they make their own food.
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Phylum (phyla plural)
The next major taxonomic group. within the kingdoms, organisms are divided into 36 phyla by general characteristics.
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Order
Scientific groupings create orders, which separate organisms based on the characteristics of the major groups in their class
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Class
Organisms in a phylum are divided into classes
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Family
Families further divide organisms of the same order by similar characteristics.
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Genus
Two or more species that share unique body structures or other characteristics are closely related enough to be placed in a single Genus.
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Species
The most specific level, so it contains the fewest types of organisms. Organisms of the same species have very similar characteristics.