Vocabulary 1
All living things are called______________.
organisms
A place in which an animal can stay safe is called _________________.
shelter
What type of animal has fur or hair and breathes through lungs?
a mammal
Which group of animals breathes through gills and spends its entire life in the water?
fish
What group of animals spends part of its life in the water and part on land?
amphibians
Animals with backbones are called ____________.
vertebrates
Vertebrates that have scaly skin and breathe through lungs are called _______________.
reptiles
Which group of living things makes its own food?
plants
Which group of animals has scaly skin and can live on land or in water?
reptiles
What group of animals do humans belong in?
mammals
Animals without backbones are called ____________.
invertebrates
The process by which a plant makes food is called ________________________.
photosynthesis
Which group of animals has strong muscles and lightweight bones?
birds
What group of animals starts out with gills but then grows lungs to live on land?
amphibians
Are humans vertebrates or invertebrates?
vertebrates
The building blocks of life are called ____________.
Some things plants and animals have that help them get what they need to survive are called _______________.
structures
The process by which living things make more of their own kind is called ___________________.
reproduction
Why do plants have to make their own food?
Plants do not eat other organisms to get energy because they can not move around.
Name three common structures found on a plant.
Roots, stems, and leaves.
A thin, hard covering that surrounds certain animals' bodies is called an ___________________.
exoskeleton
Everything that surrounds an organism is called its __________________________.
environment
What substances help living things grow and stay healthy?
nutrients
How are lungs and gills similar?
They both help animals breathe or take in oxygen.
How are lungs and gills different?
Lungs get oxygen from air. Gills get oxygen from water.