Classification
animals with a backbone
vertebrate
another name for a single organism
individual
To put into groups based on characteristics
classify
makes their own food
producer
type of vertebrate with hard scales
reptiles
plants with tubes/veins
vascular
An area where living and nonliving things interact
Ecosystem
only eats plants
herbivores
eats plants or other animals for energy
consumer
the type of vertebrate born with gills that turn to lungs
amphibians
has no back bone
invertebrate
Another name for all the organisms of the same species that live together
population
eats both plants and animals
omnivores
the main job of a flower's petals
attract pollinators
type of vertebrate that is warm blooded and lays eggs
birds
plants without tubes/veins
nonvascular
another name for a group of different species that live together
community
The job or role a living thing has in its community
niche
another name for living things that absorb nutrients from dead organisms
decomposers
has scales and gills
fish
a tool used to classify and identify things based on its characteristics
dichotomous key
habitat
food web/chain arrows show this
energy transfer
when an insect completely changes into something new
metamorphosis
give live birth and have skin/hair
mammals