Vocabulary 101
To put similar things into groups.
Classify
Each organism has how many scientific names?
One
Name one way plants and fungi are different.
Plants use energy from the sun to make food and fungi absorb food through living and nonliving things.
What is the first characteristic that scientists use to classify an organism as an animal?
Animals are multi cellular.
An example of a vascular plant.
Celery
A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring.
A species
Why is the classification system used today still changing?
Advances in technology helps us discover new organisms.
What is the difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
A vertebrate has a backbone and an invertebrate does not have a backbone.
What is the second characteristic that scientists use to classify an organism as an animal?
Animals do NOT make their own food.
A goldfish is an example of which class of vertebrates?
Fish
A tool used to identify an unknown organism by answering a series of questions.
Dichotomous key
The most general group is called.
A Domain
Name one difference between a bird and a mammal.
Birds have feathers, and lay eggs with hard shells. Mammals have hair and fur, feed their young with milk and do not lay eggs.
What is the third characteristic that scientists use to classify an organism as an animal?
Animals move about during their lives.
A beaver is an example of which class of vertebrate?
Mammal
A type of plant that has tube for transporting food and water.
A vascular plant
The group directly below Domain is.
Kingdom
Name one difference between plants and animals.
Plants produce their own food through photosynthesis and animals do not make their own food.
What is the first characteristic that scientists use to classify an organism as a plant?
Plants are classified as either vascular or non-vascular.
A turtle is an example of which class of vertebrate?
Reptile
What does the word arthropod mean?
"Jointed feet"
The level below kingdom is.
Phylum
What do arthropods and mollusks have in common?
They are both invertebrates.
What is the second characteristic that scientists use to classify an organism as a plant?
Plants are classified according to how they reproduce.
A salamander is an example of which class of vertebrate?
Amphibian