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17 Cards in this Set
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What are the characteristics of living things? (8)
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Development
R eproduction M ovment R espiration E limination Responce Assimilation Growth |
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What are the types of mammals?
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*Placenatl Mammals (eg. horses, mice, cats)
*Monotremes (eg. platapus and echidna) *Marsupials (eg. kangaroos) |
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What is the science of classifing organisms called?
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Taxonomy
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Why do we classify?
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Classifing things into groups can make them easier to remeber, describe and identify.
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What is a dichtomomous key?
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It is a key that has only two choices at each branch.
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What are all living things?
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organisms
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What are vertibrates?
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Animals that have a backbone
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What are invertbrates?
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Animals with external skeleton or no skeleton at all
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What is an exoskeleton?
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Skeleton on the outside of the body
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What is an endoskeleton?
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Skeleton on the inside of the body
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What are the types of Vertibrates?
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(M)ammals eg.dog,cat,human
(A)ves eg.birds (R)eptiles eg.lizards (A)mphibia eg.frogs, toads |
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What does endothermic mean?
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Warm blooded
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What does ecothermic mean?
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Cold Blooded
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What types of fish are there?
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(C)artilaginous skeleton
(J)awless fish (B)ony skeleton |
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What types of invertibrates are there?
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(C)nidarians eg.coral,jellyfish
(A)nnelids eg.leech,earthworm (P)latyhelminths eg.tapeworm (E)chinoderms eg.starfish (N)ematodes eg.threadworm (M)olluscs eg.snail,slug,octupus (A)rthropods eg.tick,ant,spider (P)oriferans eg.bath/glass spong |
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What types of flowers are there?
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(A)ngiosperms eg.fruit trees
(B)ryophytes eg.mosses,liverwort (P)teridophytes eg.tree fern (G)ymnosperm eg.pine,cypress |
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What types of plants arent considered as plants anymore?
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(A)lgae
(L)incen (F)ungi |
