5th Grade Science Ch. 6: Multicellular Organisms

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Vocabulary Terms in 5th Grade Science Ch. 6: Multicellular Organisms

Classification Fish Kingdom

Invertebrates Genus Mammals

Gymnosperms Species Reptiles

Angiosperms Birds Xylem

Amphibians Phloem Vertebrates

Vascular Plant Nonvascular Plant

What do we call the process of grouping similar things together?

Classification

What do we call a large group of similar organisms?

Kingdom

What do we call a group of vertebrates that have hair and produce milk for their young?

Mammals

What do we call a group of vertebrates with scaly skin; most lay their eggs on land?

Reptiles

What do we call a group of vertebrates with feathers?

Birds

What do we call a group of vertebrates that has scales and lives their entire lives in water?

Fish

What do we call a group of vertebrates that begin life in water, but live on land as adults?

Amphibians

What do we call a subdivision of a classification family?

Genus

What do we call a single kind of organism that reproduces among its own kind?

Species

What do we call an animal with a backbone?

Vertebrates

What do we call animals without a backbone?

Invertebrates

What do we call a vascular plant that produces seeds that are not surrounded by a fruit?

Gymnosperm

What do we call a flowering plant whose seeds are surrounded by fruit?

Angiosperm

What do we call a plant without transport tubes to carry water and nutrients throughout the plant?

Nonvascular plant

What do we call a plant with tubes to carry nutrients and water throughout the plant?

Vascular plant

What do we call vascular tissue that carries nutrients and water from roots to other parts of a plant?

Xylem

What do we call vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the other parts of a plant?

Phloem