| A | B |
|---|
| algae | live in water |
| amphibians | have gills when young and then lungs as an adult |
| angiosperm | flowering plants |
| antibodies | substances produced by white blood cells when they encounter a foreign particle in the circulatory system |
| arthropods | joint legged organisms; have hard exoskeleton, distinct head |
| birds | feathers, homeothermic, eggs have hard shell |
| carnivores | animals eat only animals |
| chlorophyll | green pigment which traps light energy |
| chordates | have a flexible rod of tissue under nerve chord |
| cnidarians | catch prey with stinging cells |
| conifers | well developed vascular tissue; needle like leaves |
| crustaceans | have two pairs of antennae; mainly aquatic |
| cyanobacteria | photosynthesise; tiny creatures |
| dichotomous key | has 2 choices at each step used for identifying organisms |
| dicotyledons | have 2 seed leaves; leaves have network of veins |
| echinoderms | spiny skinned; live only in sea ; many tube feet |
| eubacteria | cell wall made of carbohydrate |
| ferns | have vascular tissue; have spores |
| flagellum | tail-like moving structure of many eukaryotic cells |
| fungi | eukaryotes; live on other living or dead organisms |
| herbivores | plant eating |
| mammals | feed young on milk; have hair or fur for body covering |
| marsupials | born in undeveloped state; move to a pouch |
| molluscs | have soft body with shell |
| monera | all prokaryotes; unicellular |
| monocotyledons | have long leaves with veins arranged in parallel |
| monotremes | mammals that lay eggs |
| mosse and liverworts | lack vascular tissue |
| parasites | organisms that feed from another |
| photosynthesis | the use of light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into simple sugars |
| placenta | developing young receives nourishment through this structure |
| protozoans | all single celled organisms |
| reptiles | have dry skin with scales and use lungs for gas exchange |
| sponges | marine organisms, multicellular, no mouth or gut, no circulatory system |
| taxidermist | someone who prepares and mounts the skins of animals |
| type specimen | an individual that represents the standard of the characteristics of a species |
| vertebrates | have a backbone |
| viruses | cannot reproduce outside an organism's cell |
