plants, animals, and organs Flashcards
(35 cards)
What do the leaves do?
Make the food and protects plant
What do the flowers do?
Reproduces/makes the seeds
What do the stems do?
Transports and supports
What do the fruits do?
Protects the seeds
What do the roots do?
absorb water and minerals
What are the two main groups we use to classify animals?
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Does have a back bone
Vertebrates
Does not have a back bone
Invertebrates
The five groups of vertebrates
Amphibians, Fish, Birds, Reptiles, and Mammals
Ways they are classified into the groups
Skin covering, The way they reproduce, warm or cold-blooded, and characteristics of their limbs.
Fish: Gills or lungs? Scales or what type of skin? Born through eggs or live birth? Warm or cold-blooded?
Gills. Yes scales. Eggs. Cold-blooded.
Amphibians: Gills or lungs? Scales or what type of skin? Born through eggs or live birth? Warm or cold-blooded?
Gills when young, lungs when adult. Moist skin. Eggs. Cold-blooded.
Reptiles: Gills or lungs? Scales or what type of skin? Born through eggs or live birth? Warm or cold-blooded?
Lungs. Yes scales and dry skin. Eggs. Cold-blooded.
Birds: Characteristics? Gills or lungs? Born through eggs or live birth? Warm or cold-blooded?
Feathers, beaks, wings. Lungs. Eggs. Warm-blooded
Mammals: Characteristics? Gills or lungs? Born through eggs or live birth? Warm or cold-blooded?
Produce milk, fur/hair. Lungs. Live birth. Warm-blooded.
For invertebrates, what do they have instead of a backbone?
Exoskeletons.
What is an exoskeleton?
A hard body covering that is on the outside of the body.
Whats the largest group of invertebrates?
Arthropods
What makes up the majority of arthropods?
Insects
arthropods have how many segments?
Three
How many legs do arthropods have?
Six
Job(s) of the brain?
Control center (manages every other organ)
Job(s) of the heart?
Keeps blood flowing throughout the body
Job(s) of the lungs?
Takes in oxygen and lets out carbon dioxide (Allows you to breathe)