Big Idea 14 & 16 Organization & Development of Living Things

Adolescent

• An animal that has a backbone.
• Having to do with the period when a person is changing from a child to an adult.
• The female reproductive organ that produces and contains eggs.
• The female reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

Adult

• Having grown up; mature. The stage in its life cycle when an organism is able to reproduce.
• An animal without a backbone.
• Protects organs, provides support for the body and forms blood cells.
• When a seed begins to grow or sprout.

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Adult Flowering Plant

• A plant that has a fruit, food, or flower.
• Absorbs water and minerals back into the blood leaving only waste materials.
• The stage of a plant life cycle that is able to flower and reproduce.
• The female reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

Amphibians

• The first stage in the life cycle of many organisms.
• Vertebrates; smooth, moist skin; lay eggs in water; breathe with gills when young and then lungs as adults; cold-blooded.
• The female reproductive structure of a flowering plant.
• When wind, animals, or water moves a seed away from the parent plant to allow room to grow.

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Arthropod

• A feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism.
• Invertebrates with segmented bodies; exoskeletons; jointed legs; lay eggs.
• Keeps germs and foreign objects from entering the human body; keeps your body cool when you sweat.
• The body part that works with the skeleton to produce movement by connecting your bones together.

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Birds

• Vertebrates with feathers and wings; lay eggs; breathe using lungs; warm-blooded.
• An animal without a backbone.
• Nonflowering trees and shrubs such as pine trees and fir trees that reproduce by seed.
• The female reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

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Bladder

• Stores urine until the body is ready to release it.
• Absorbs water and nutrients from soil; anchors the plant; store excess sugars and carbohydrates.
• A plant that has a fruit, food, or flower.
• Flowerless green plants that reproduce by spores.

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Brain

• When wind, animals, or water moves a seed away from the parent plant to allow room to grow.
• The organ used for breathing by fish and other animals that live in water.
• The body part that is the control center of the body.
• The male reproductive structure of a flowering plant.

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Characteristic

• A feature, quality, property, or trait of an object or organism.
• Invertebrates with segmented bodies; exoskeletons; jointed legs; lay eggs.
• Helps balance the salts and acids in the body by filtering blood.
• The organ used for breathing by fish and other animals that live in water.

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Complete Metamorphosis

• Vertebrates with scales and fins; most lay eggs; breathe using gills; cold-blooded.
• Type of insect development that includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult stage.
• An insect in an early stage of life. Looks like a small adult.
• A plant that has a fruit, food, or flower.