Animal Classification
The broadest category of classification
these are made of many cells, and use sunlight to make their own food, most live on land, and some live in water
What is the Plant Kingdom?
jointed legs, exoskeletons, and are the largest class of animals in the world
What's an arthropod?
2 things that all vertebrates possess
What are a backbone and spinal cord?
These are a group of similar things that can mate and produce offspring, whose offspring can also reproduce.
What is a species?
the most specific classification
What is a species
all are made of many cells, eat plants or animals, and live on land and water
What is the Animal Kingdom?
jelly fish, sea corals, and anemones have tentacles and stinging cells to catch their prey
What are Cnidarians
What is cold-blooded?
these are 1 celled organisms that live on land or in water, some make their food and others have to get food
What are true bacteria?
Two reasons scientists created the classification system
organize things in a way that makes sense and help scientists to communicate using common terms and language
most have many cells, live on land, and get their food from plants and animals.
What are Fungi?
Sea stars with spiny skin and tube feet that push water one so it can travel in another direction.
What are echinoderms?
they have skeletons of bone or cartilage and live in water
What are fish?
This Kingdom level must get its food from decaying or dead plants and animals.
What is Fungi?
the smallest unit of an organism
What is a cell?
Usually made of 1 cell, some make their own food, and others have to get food, live in water or wet places
What are Protists?
What are worms?
These creatures breathe through gill slits, skin, and lungs, live on land, but must stay near water to lay eggs.
these animals can regulate their own body heat
What is warm-blooded?
The common language scientists chose to classify all things
What is Latin?
these are 1 celled organisms that live in harsh places such as underground or hot springs
What are Ancient Bacteria?
These creatures have a muscular foot and soft bodies which are protected by a shell, which it has to replace as it grows.
What are mollusks?
Amphibians go through this process of change
These animals have their skeleton on the inside of their body.
What is an endoskeleton?