Classification Of Plants And Animals

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group

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A collection of organisms who share characteristics

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classify

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To arrange or organize into groups or types; place in a category

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conclude

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Decide by reasoning

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graph

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A visual display of data

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characteristic

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A feature or quality belonging typically to a person, place, or thing and serving to identify it.

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similarity

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shared characteristics

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differences

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characteristics that are not shared

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consumer

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An organism that eats other organisms

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photosynthesis

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Plants use the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into energy

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decomposer

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An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms.

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leaves

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Flattened plant organs that emerge from stems and function in photosynthesis

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seed

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A structure that contains a young plant inside a protective covering

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vascular

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System of tube shaped cells that branches throughout the plant, transports nutrients

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deciduous

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(of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season

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vertebrate

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An animal with a backbone

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invertebrate

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An animal without a backbone

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fish

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A vertebrate that breathes through gills and lives in water.

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mammal

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Animals that are warm-blooded, have hair, and can produce milk.

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bird

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A vertebrate that is covered in feathers, breathes through lungs and lays hard-shelled eggs.

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reptile

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An air-breathing, cold-blooded, vertebrate with an outer covering of scales or plates and a bony skeleton.

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amphibian

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A vertebrate that has moist, porous skin. These animals begin their lives in water and breathe with gills. As adults they live on land and breathe with lungs. They must return to the water to lay their jelly-like eggs.

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plant

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An organism that is grows from the ground, produces its own food through photosynthesis, is multicellular, and mostly land dwelling.

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producer

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An organism that makes its own food

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roots

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Absorb nutrients from soil, anchor the plant, and store food

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stem

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part of a plant, creates a passage way between leaves and roots, gives structure to plant

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flower

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A plant structure where seeds are made.

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nonvascular

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Plants that DO NOT contain tubelike structures and use other ways to move water and substances

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coniferous

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Cone-bearing trees with year-round leaves that are long, thin, and needle-like.

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angiosperm

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A flowering plant which forms seeds inside a protective chamber

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gymnosperm

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Cone-bearing seed plants that lack flowers and thus have naked seeds without fruits