Voc
What is the tool used to classify organisms
dichotomous key
What kingdoms have no nucleus?
archaebacteria and eubacteria
True or false
Birds are cold blooded.
False
Give an example of a cnidarian
jellyfish and coral
What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular?
Vascular plants have tissues that act as a water transport system.
Nonvascular plants do not have tissue that work as a water transport system.
Define what vertebrate is.
A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone.
The Plant Kingdom is broken into what two groups?
vascular and nonvascular
Name characteristics that all birds have.
Answers will vary...
beaks, have feathers, lay eggs, young hatch from eggs
What type of symmetry does a jellyfish have?
Radial symmetry
Are pine trees gymnosperm or angiosperm?
gymnosperm
What is a vascular plant called that produces seeds but not flowers
gymnosperm
Mammals are part of what kingdom?
Animal
Name 3 characteristics mammals.
Answers will vary...
give birth to live young, feed babies milk, have teeth, have hair at some point in life, etc.
What is the largest group of invertebrates?
arthropods
Give an adaptation that cactus have?
They have waxy stems to hold water inside in hot climates.
They have spikes on their stems to ward off predators.
This is a vertebrate that begins life in water and then lives part of its life on land
amphibian
What is a protist?
A single-celled or multicellular organism that may share characteristics with plant, fungi, and animals
What is similar between mammals and birds?
answers could vary...are vertebrates, are warm-blooded, move about freely
Name the 3 groups of cold blooded vetebrates.
fish, amphibians, and reptiles
What is an adaptation that giraffs have?
They have long necks and tongues to reach tall plants like trees and leaves.
What is a good definition of fungi?
a kingdom of organisms, with a nucleus, that gets nutrients from decomposing other organisms
Name off of the kingdoms.
Plants, animals, fungi, protists, archaebacteria, eubacteria
What are some characteristics of an arthropod?
They have jointed legs, bilateral symmetry, and have an exoskeleton
What is the difference between warm and cold blooded vertebrates?
Cold blooded vertebrates bodies have the temperature of what the environment is like around them.
Warm blooded vertebrates have a constant temperature.
Give an adaptation that a hummingbird has.
They have long beaks to obtain nectar from long flowers.