Evolution Vocab

Front

Arrangement of similar items

Back

Classification

Front

Organism with a backbone

Back

Vertebrate

Front

Organism without a backbone

Back

Invertebrate

Front

An organism that makes its own food (producers)

Back

Autotroph

Front

Organisms that don't make their own food

Back

Heterotroph

Front

Many lines of symmetry through a central point.

Back

Radial

Front

Can be split in half in one direction

Back

Bilateral

Front

Cannot be split into equal parts in any direction - ambiguous shapes

Back

Asymmetry

Front

Hard protective structure outside the body, like a lobster's shell

Back

Exoskeleton

Front

Structural support system inside an organism

Back

Endoskeleton