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what is classification? |
groups we put things into which have certain similarities |
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how many kingdoms are there |
there are five kingdoms |
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what are the kingdoms called |
the animal kingdom, the plant kingdom, the fungus kingdom, the protist kingdom, the monera kingdom kingdom |
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what is our species called and which kingdom are we in |
we are homo sapiens and we're in the animal kingdom |
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what makes an owl different from a snake |
owls have feathers, snakes are cold blooded |
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what makes a snake and an owl similar |
they both breathe with lungs |
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what is a branching key |
it is a key that branches off into other questions so you can figure out the objects characteristics |
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what is a spider key |
it is a key that tells you one question but there are two possible asnwers |
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what is a vertabrate |
it is a creature with a backbone |
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are we vertabrates? |
yes |
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give 5 examples of vertabrates |
humans, birds, mammals, most fish,some reptiles |
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what are invertabrates? |
creatures without a backbone |
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are we invertabrates? |
no |
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give 5 examples of invertabrates |
snails, slugs, jellyfish, scorpion, starfish |
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what is variation |
it is |
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there are two types of causes for variation, what are teir names? |
environmental variation and inherited variation |
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what is environmental variation? |
it is the changes in someone caused by their surroundings |
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what is inherited variation? |
it is the changes in theiir genes caused by their parents |
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give 5 examples of an inherited variation |
hair color,eye color, estimated height(tall, average, short) size of body parts, writing hand |
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give 5 examples of environmental variation |
weight, tattoos, peircings, hair length and tans |
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what is continuous variation? |
it is a question where there will be more than just a yes and no answer |
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what is discontinuous variation? |
it is the ability to do or have something |
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give an example of continuous variation |
height |
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give an example of discontinuous variation |
being right handed |
