To put similar things into groups
What is to classify?
True or False: All mammals have fur/hair
True
Made of more than one cell.
What is multicellular?
Have scales, live only in water, and get oxygen through gills.
What are fish?
A plant that has special tubes for carrying food and water to all its parts.
What is vascular plant?
What is the topic of your test on Friday?
Classifying organisms (animals and plants)
Which of the 5 vertebrate categories are warm-blooded?
mammal and bird
An animal that has a backbone.
What is a vertebrate?
Covered with feathers, use lungs to breathe, and are warm-blooded.
What are birds?
This type of plant is not vascular, does not produce seeds, and does not flower.
What is a moss?
True or False: Whales are fish
False
Invertebrate
The 5 classes of the vertebrate group.
What are fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, and reptiles?
Have scales, most live on land, use their lungs to breathe, and are cold-blooded.
What are reptiles?
This type of plant is vascular and produces seeds, but does not produce flowers.
What are conifers?
List 4 species of reptile
Many options!!!
Turtle, lizard, snake, etc
What types of animals have gills to breathe for at least some or part of their life?
Fish and Amphibians
Animals without a backbone.
What are invertebrates?
Have hair or fur, use their lungs to breathe, and most have live births.
What are mammals?
This type of plant is vascular, but does not produce seeds or flowers.
What is a fern?
examples: lion, horse, dog, tiger, elephant, whale, human, pig, coyote, rat, etc
List 6 species of invertebrates!
Many options: octopus, clam, butterfly, snail, jellyfish, beetle, etc
Some invertebrates are so small they can only be seen with this.
What is a microscope?
Have soft, moist skin, are cold-blooded, usually lay eggs in water.
What are amphibians?
This type of plant is vascular, and produces seeds and flowers.
What is a flowering plant?