Classifying Plants and Animals
There are ______ rules that every living thing follows (number)
5
_____ goes high, ______ goes low
Xy (Xylem), Phlo (Phloem)
A _____________is an animal with a segmented backbone.
vertebrate
________ is the removal of wastes from the body after digestion.
Excretion
What does an adaptation allow an organism to do?
Survive/reproduce
List the levels of classification, in order, starting with Kingdom and ending with Species
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
The layer that separates the xylem and phloem in a plant is called the....
Cambium
List three of the seven classes of vertebrates
Jawless fish, bony fish, cartilage fish, amphibians, birds, reptiles, mammals
Share the purpose of digestion
Food is broken down into into molecules that can be used by cells as energy
The response of an organism toward or away from a stimulus is called a _______.
tropism
Name the 6 kingdoms
Protists, Animals, Fungi, Plants, Bacteria, Archaea
List the two kinds of roots and describe them
Taproot: one large root
Fibrous root: a ball of several stringy roots
A _________ is an outer skeleton.
exoskeleton
Respiration is important because it allows the body to take in __________, which helps cells unlock the energy in food.
Oxygen
A bug looking like a leaf would be an example of _____________.
Camoflage
What is unique about Archaea?
They live in extreme conditions, such as in hot springs or volcanic vernts
Give a fancy name for flowering plants
Angiosperms
List two of the three groups of arthropods
Crustaceans, insects, arachnids
Give an example of both a cold-blooded and a warm-blooded animal.
(Mrs. M will decide if answer is acceptable.) Examples: a snake and an elephant
A(n) ____________ is an inherited behavior, not one that is learned.
Instinct
Carolus Linnaeus
What is a cell that can develop into a new organism?
A spore
List three of the seven Invertebrate classes
Arthropods, Flatworms/roundworms, segmented worms, cnidarians, mollusks, porifera, echinoderms
What is the term for a skeleton that is NOT an exoskeleton and does not have any bones? (Hint: octopus)
Hydroskeleton
If a fly resembles a bee or wasp, this would be an example of _________.
Mimicry