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Classification of Animals and Plants

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  • Examples of vertebrates
    bass, tree frogs, alligators, brown thrashers, deer
  • lay eggs, have feathers, are warm-blooded
    birds
  • Examples of reptiles
    snakes, turtles, lizards
  • Plants that protect their seeds in cones
    gymnosperms
  • animals with a backbone
    vertebrate
  • animals without a backbone
    invertebrate
  • Examples of mammals
    dolphins, humans, bears
  • Examples of plants without seeds
    ferns and pine trees
  • A part of a plant cell that falls off the plant and onto the ground. It then grows into a new plant.
    spores
  • cold-blooded, lay eggs, breathe with gills
    fish
  • Plants that protect their seeds in a fruit or a flower
    angiosperm
  • cold-blooded, lay eggs, covered in scales
    reptiles
  • Examples of plants with seeds
    apple trees and roses
  • Examples of amphibians
    frogs, toads, salamanders
  • "lower plants," soak water straight from the ground. These plants do not have stems.
    non-vascular
  • Give birth to live babies, have fur or hair, warm-blooded
    mammals
  • cold-blooded, live in water when small, breathe with lungs when they are adults
    amphibians
  • Plants that reproduce through these can be flowering or non-flowering
    seeds
  • To sort animals and plants into different groups based on characteristics that they share
    Classification
  • Examples of invertebrates
    insects, spiders, crabs
  • Examples of fish
    bass, goldfish, sharks
  • Examples of birds
    red robin, blue jays, penguins
  • Why do scientists classify living organisms?
    To study ways those living organisms are similar and different.
  • "higher plants," carry water from their tubes through leaves through their stems
    vascular