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Vocabulary
What you need to know to Classify
Some details about groups
100
The place where an organism lives and that provides the things the organism needs is called its _____________.
What is habitat
100
An organism's scientific name consists of ______________.
What is it's genus name and its species name.
100
All animals have bodies made of _________.
What is "many cells."
200
The nonliving parts of an ecosystem are called ________________.
What is "abiotic factors."
200
The scientific study of how living things are classified is called ___________.
What is taxonomy.
200
An animal with a backbone is called a(n) __________.
What is vertebrate.
300
When scientists put things into categories or group together items that are alike in some way, they are __________.
What is classifying
300
The reason that scientists organize living things into groups is so that _______________.
What is "the organisms are easier to study."
300
A balanced arrangement of parts is called ________________.
What is symmetry
400
The smallest unit of ecological organization is a single ____________.
What is organism.
400
In terms of classification, the more characteristics two organisms share usually means that _________________.
What is "the more classification levels they share."
400
Scientists do not consider _____________ when classifying an animal.
What is where it lives.
500
Consumers that eat both plans and animals are called __________.
What are omnivores.
500
One characteristic used to place organisms into kingdoms is ____________.
What is their ability to make food.
500
Which kingdoms include both unicellular and multicellular organisms?
What are fungi and protists.