5Th Grade Science Chpt 1

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Classify

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to put things into groups

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kingdom

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highest or most general group of organisms

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phylum

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next level of clasification below kingdom

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class

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Classification level below phylum

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species

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lowest leve of classification

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6 kingdoms of living things

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Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protists, fungi, plants, animals

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live as single cells manydo not need oxygen or sunlight to live

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archaebacteria

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single cells that have materials not found in archaebacteria

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Eubacteria

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most single cells, but some have many cells. Algae is an example

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protists

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mushrooms and molds

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fungi

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many cells and make their own sugar for food

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plants

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many cells and get their food by eating other organisms

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animals

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how do scientists classify organisms?

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First observe the organism
Then they compare and contrast with known organisms.
similar organisms are placed in same group.

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Why is it important to classify?

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Makes it easier for scientists to communicate clearly.
helps organize information so easier to classify new organism.

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One advantage of a classification system?

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makes it easier for scientists to communicate clearly.

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What kids of observations did scientists use at first to group organisms into a phylum or a class?

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Looked at how they were similar.

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vertebrates

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animals with backbones that surround a spinal cord

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What 3 features that make animals different than other organisms?

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1.multicellular - more than one cell.
2. can't make own food - eat other organisms
3. can move on their own during part or all their lives.

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How many phyla in the animal kingdom?

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more than 30

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animal phylum that has spinal cords

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Chordata

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what are the vertebrate classes?

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mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians & 3 classes of fish

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What characteristics doe mammals have?

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breathe air with lungs,
make milk for young,
warm-blooded
most have fur or hair

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keep body temperature the same all the time

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warm-blooded

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what is the life cycle?

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birth, growth, reproduction and death

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How are reptiles similar to mammals?

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lungs, stomach, head (eyes, nose & mouth)

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How are reptiles different than mammals

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No hair or fur
tough driy skin with scales
cold blooded
lay eggs

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body temperature changes as the temperature of the air or water changes

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cold-blooded

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How is life cycle different than mammal.

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young reptiles look like parent
lay eggs
live on own once hatched

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How are birds similar to mammals?

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warm-blooded
many organs,
eyes, tongues and bones

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What makes a bird different?

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feathers

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How are some bird wings like airplane wings?

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shaped like them.
front edge is thick and curves to thin back edge

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How is the bird life cycle different than reptiles?

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must feed their young

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amphibian examples

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frogs, toads and salamanders

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How are amphibians like reptiles

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cold blooded
shape

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how are amphibians different than reptiles?

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amphibians have soft moist skin and it can absorb water & oxygen

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what makes an amphibian so different than other mammals?

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it goes through metamorphosis

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large change in body from birth to adult

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metamorphosis

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only class of vertebrates made up only of water-living animals is?

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fish

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How do fish get oxygen?

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through gills

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Why do fish have a slimy coating?

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so water flows past them.

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Life cycle of fish is similar to?

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life cycle of reptiles. Once hatched feed themselves

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terrible lizard

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dinosaur

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How were dinosaurs similar to lizards?

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skeletons with backbones
walked on 4 legs
scales

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How were dinosaurs different than lizards?

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Dinosaur legs go straight down from bodies & lizards go to outside their body

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simalarities of dinosaurs & birs

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some had feathers & wishbone
similar heart

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Lesson 3

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Lesson 3

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No backbone

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invertebrates

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examples of invertebrates

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molluskes worms, squid

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types of mollusks

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snails, slugs, clams & squid

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How do mollusks get oxygen?

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through skin or gills

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jellyfish life cycle

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1egg reproduces within the body.
2an egg hats & swims to attach 3to a new place
once attached it is a polyp
4polyp grows & pieces fall of to form new jellyfish

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arthropods

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insects,
lobsters, spiders

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largest phylum of animals

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anthropods

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jointed feet

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anthropods

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How do grasshoppers get oxygent

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tubes that carry air through their body

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breathing organ for spiders

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book lung

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How do scientists identify a new organism?

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dichotomous key

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answering a series of questions to help identify an organism

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dichotomous key

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What mammal goes through complete metamorphosis

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butterflies, moths, and houseflies

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stages of butterfly metamorphosis?

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1. egg
2. larva
3. pupa
4. adult form

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pupa stage for a butterfly

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chrysalis

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Lesson 4

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Lesson 4

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how do plants differ from animals?

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use sunlight, water & carbon dioxide to make their own sugar for food

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Parts of a plant

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stems roots and leaves

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special tubes for carrying food and water to all its parts

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vascular tubes

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4 common plants

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mosses
ferns
conifers and
flowering plants

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small plant with very tiny leaflike structures. no seeds or flowers

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mosses

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feather like leaves
vascular
no flowers
no seeds

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ferns

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Do vascular or non-vascular grow larger?

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vascular, since the tubes carry nutrients to all parts of the plant

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needles instead of leaves
vascular
has seeds
no flowers

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conifers

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types of conifers

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pines, furs and spruce

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Plants with vascular tubes, seeds and flowers

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flowering plants

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can't make sugar for food.
Use hair-like structures to absorb & digest food.

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fungi

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single celled fungi that can take in sugar & release carbon dioxide.

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yeast

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single celled that live in colonies and are food for many animals

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protists

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what lives inside the intestines of certain animals and helps with digestion

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protists

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single celled and some are spheres, rods or spirals. some have tails that help move them through water

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Eubacteria

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single celled that survive environments that are deadly to many other kinds of life.

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Archabacteria

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single celled that can live in very hot acid springs,
some live in salty water

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achaebacteria

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How are the needs of single celled organisms similar to the needs of plants and animals?

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They all need food, water & waste removal.

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Why has the classification system changed over the years?

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biologists debate on how to classify a newly discovered organism.