| A | B |
|---|
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone |
| vascular system | carries nutrients to plants |
| feathers | unique to a bird |
| invertebrate | animal without a backbone |
| metamorphosis | stages of life for some animals |
| dichotomous key | system for identifying species |
| King Phillip, come out for goodness sake | memory sentence for levels of classification |
| Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Genus, Species | Levels of Classification |
| Classification system | helps identify & describe organisms |
| genus & species | name used to identify specific organism |
| 5 main classes of vertebrates | fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, mammals |
| warm-blooded animals | maintain constant body temperature |
| cold-blooded animals | body temperature changes with environment |
| arthropod | largest phylum in animal kingdom |
| main difference between plants & animals | plants make own food |
| 4 common plant phyla | moss, ferns, conifers, flowering |
| used to classify plants | vascular? reproduction? |
| common to last four kingdoms | neither plant nor animal |
| Linnaeus | invented classification system |
| homo sapiens | human genus & species |
| species | most similar organisms |
| not a plant--doesn't make food | fungi |
| soft body, hard shell, no backbone | describes arthropod |
| amphibians | have stages of life |
| single celled organisms | protists, eubacteria, archaebacteria, some fungi |
| spores | fern reproduction |
| fungi | get food from what it grows on |
| algae | in protist kingdom |
| eubacteria | some helpful, some cause disease |
| archaebacteria | live in hot, acid springs |
| mammals | body covered in fur or hair |
| reptiles | dry skin with scales |
| birds | 2 legs, hollow bones |
| fish | move with fins |
| annelids | includes worms |
| cnidaria | jellyfish and have stingers |
| mollusks | snails, clams, have hard shell |
| sponges | hollow body |
