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Classifying Organisms Study Guide
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A unique kind of organism is called ______________________.
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The classification system giving each organism two names is called ______________ ______________.
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Organisms that can make their own food are called ______________________.
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Single reproductive cells which grow into a new plant are called _______________________.
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An animal without a backbone is called a ______________________.
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Organisms that can’t make their own food are called ______________________.
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Multicellular organisms that have a nucleus and absorb the organism that it is growing on is called a
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The process of grouping similar things together is called __________________.
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Any living thing is called an ______________________.
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A number of similar, closely related species are called __________________.
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The science of classification is called ______________________.
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A major, large group of similar organisms is called a ______________________.
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An animal with a backbone ______________________.
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What is the scientific name of a human? ______________ ______________
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Who was Carl Linnaeus? _______________________________________________________________
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______________________ are warm blooded, have hair, produce milk for young.
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______________________ are warm blooded, hollow bones, lay eggs, feathers.
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______________________ are cold blooded, live in warm places, lay eggs, and have dry scaly skin.
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______________________ are cold blooded, have gills, and lay eggs
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______________________ are cold blooded, young have lungs, adults have gills, have moist skin (no
scales), and lay eggs.
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______________________ take in water, filter out food (plankton), and push out waste.
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______________________ have tentacles with venomous stingers.
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______________________ get nutrients from algae's photosynthesis.
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______________________ have two body openings and a simple nervous system.
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______________________ have soft bodies and 3 body parts (head, body, foot)
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Clams, oysters, squid, octopus, snails are examples of ______________________.
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______________________ have external skeletons and 5 body parts (star shaped). Examples are
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______________________ have bodies divided into segments, legs with several joints, have an
exoskeleton, and are categorized by 6 legs (ants, flies), 8 legs (spiders), 10 legs (crabs, lobsters), and
more than 10 legs (centipedes).
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Insects (are the largest group of land animals), spiders, crabs, lobsters, scorpions, centipedes, millipedes
are all ______________________.
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______________________ are multi-celled organisms that are ______________________ (absorb food
from living or dead organisms). They live off dead or living organisms (like dead trees)-decomposers.
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Examples of fungi are _________________________________________________________________.
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____________________ are single celled organisms called ______________________ (have a
nucleus). Examples are _______________________________________________________________.
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______________________ are the smallest & most numerous of earth’s organisms. They are simple,
singled celled organisms and are ______________________ (don’t have a nucleus).
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List the 5 kingdoms of life.
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List the 5 groups of vertebrate animals, a characteristic, and an example of each:
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List the 5 groups of invertebrate animals, a characteristic, and an example of each:
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List the 7 levels of classification (on back):
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