Gr. 4 Ch. 3-1

To arrange or sort objects or living things according to their properties or characteristics

• classify
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• organism
• vascular

animals that have backbones

• nonvascular
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• organism
• vascular

animals without backbones

• classify
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• organism
• vascular

an individual animal, plant, or single celled life form; living thing

• vascular
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• organism
• vascular

plants that have tubelike structures that connect leaves, stems, and roots; these structures transport water and nutrients to all parts of the plant

• classify
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• nonvascular
• vascular

plants that pass water and nutrients from cell to cell

• classify
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• nonvascular
• vascular

a group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can also produce offspring

• species
• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• nonvascular
• vascular

The two smallest groups in classification:

• genus

• species

• vertebrate

• nonvertebrate

How many classes of vertebrates are there?

• 3
• 5
• 8
• 27

Plants can reproduce by making:

• seeds
• spores
• cones
• flowers