Classification of Organisms - Vocabulary

A cold-blooded animal that is born in the water and has gills, which grows up to live on the land and have lungs.

• Amphibian

• Bird

• Plant

• Fish

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A living thing that can move on its own and that gets its energy from food.

• Bird

• Amphibian

• Reptile

• Animal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A warm-blooded animal that has wings, two legs, feathers, and a beak; lays eggs.

• Mammal

• Plant

• Bird

• Vertebrate

A cold-blooded animal with fins and gills that lives in water.

• Amphibian

• Fish

• Reptile

• Bird

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An organism that does not have a backbone.

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

• Plant

• Mammal

A warm-blooded animal that feeds milk to its young and that usually has hair or fur covering most of its skin.

• Reptile

• Fish

• Mammal

• Bird

A type of living thing that gets its energy from the Sun and is unable to move from place to place on its own.

• Plant

• Mammal

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A cold-blooded animal that has lungs and a skeleton and whose skin is usually covered with scales.

• Fish

• Reptile

• Mammal

• Amphibian

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

An organism with a backbone.

• Mammal

• Reptiles

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

What is the process of classifying organisms?