Life Science Vocabulary

The study of living things

• biology

• microorganism

• organism

• animals

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To organize things into groups

• dichotomy

• classification

• multiplication

• beautification

First and largest category used to classify organisms

• Phylum

• Group

• Kingdom

• Order

A step by step approach to identify an organism using a series of paired descriptions

• Dichotomous Key

• Grouping

• Organizing

• Placement

Plants that have tubes inside of them to transport water and nutrients.

• Vascular

• Nonvascular

• Algae

• Moss

Plants that absorb water through their cells

• Ferns

• Monocots

• Nonvascular

• Vascular

A type of flowering plant that has only one seed leaf

• dicot

• monocot

• fern

• moss

a skeleton on the outside of the body

• exit

• exorcist

• exoskeleton

• shell

Having the same size, shape and features on both sides of the body

• symmetry

• biology

• organism

• grouping

An animal without a backbone

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• reptile

• fish