Living Organisms (BI.14.2) Vocabulary

cold-blooded vertebrates that live in water, then land; two stages of life.

• amphibian

• reptile

• mammal

• cold blooded

the outside, outer part, or surface of an organism.

• external characteristic

• internal characteristic

• endoskeleton

• reproduce

the main support system of vertebrate from the skull to the pelvis

• backbone

• exoskeleton

• fertilization

• invertebrate

animals take the temperature of their surroundings.

• cold blooded

• warm blooded

• mammals

• classify

to put into groups.

• classify

• germination

• seed

• reproduce

a skeleton on the inside of the body.

• endoskeleton

• exoskeleton

• invertebrate

• spore

a skeleton on the outside of a body.

• exoskeleton

• endoskeleton

• internal characteristic

• reptiles

a process of pollination where a stamen and pistil combine.

• fertilization

• germination

• pollination

• warm blooded

a plant that produces flowers.

• flowering plant

• nonflowering plant

• spore

• endoskeleton

A seed begins to grow or sprout.

• germination

• pollination

• fertilization

• classify