Animal Kingdom
What are reptiles?
These animals have dry scales, lay eggs, and include snakes and lizards.
What is extinction?
The complete disappearance of a species.
What is fungi?
This kingdom includes mushrooms.
What are flowering plants?
These plants have flowers, flat leaves, and seeds.
What is Latin?
Scientific names are written in this language.
What are birds?
Animals with feathers, hard-shelled eggs, and that can often fly.
What is biodiversity?
The variety of species in an environment.
What is prokaryotes?
This kingdom includes bacteria.
What are cones?
Conifers reproduce using these instead of flowers.
What is the genus?
The first word in a scientific name.
What is produce milk?
Mammals differ from reptiles because they can do this for their young.
What are disasters?
Areas with greater biodiversity recover faster from these events.
What are protoctists?
These mostly unicellular organisms are neither plants, animals, nor fungi.
What are ferns?
These plants have roots and xylem tissue but no flowers or cones.
What is the species?
The second word in a scientific name.
What are slimy scales?
Fish have these instead of feathers, fur, or scales like reptiles.
What is a drought (or dust storm)?
In the 1930s, parts of America turned to dust because of this event.
What is chlorophyll (or chloroplasts)?
Plants can make their own food because they have this.
What are mosses?
These plants lack roots, xylem tissue, and flowers.
What is Helianthus annuus?
The scientific name for the common sunflower.
What are amphibians and birds?
These two groups of vertebrates both lay eggs, but one has moist skin and lives in water and on land, while the other has feathers and lives mostly on land.
What is the tropical rainforest?
This type of habitat has the greatest biodiversity: tropical rainforest, Arctic, or desert.
What are animals, plants, fungi, protoctists, and prokaryotes?
The five kingdoms of life.
What are ferns and mosses?
Unlike flowering plants and conifers, these two plant groups do not produce seeds.
What is to avoid confusion since common names differ across languages and regions?
The reason scientists use Latin names for organisms.