chart with choices that guide you to identify

Broadest level of classification

Subdivision of a family - first part of an animal's scientific name

unique organisms - second part of an animal's scientific name

An animal with a backbone

An animal without a backbone

Animals that have hair and produce milk for their young

include mushrooms and yeasts- do not make food from sunlight

made of one microscopic cell

found almost everywhere, covering the surface of most everything- some are safe and others are not

simplest plants that grow in damp places (moss)

Have tissues that allow them to move water and nutrients (plants with roots)

single reproductive cell that can grow into a whole new plant (ferns and mosses)

Male part of a flower that produces pollen

Female part of a flower which produces an egg

plants starting to grow when conditions are just right (spring time)

baby food for a seed- right under the seed coat and provides nutrition until the seed grows

The outer covering of a seed

stages of an organism from birth to death

____begins with a fertilized egg (fertilization)

Organisms that completely change form as they grow (4 or more stages) caterpillar to butterfly

Has 3 stages of change- the Nymph stage looks like a smaller version of the adult stage

characteristic that helps a living thing survive

animals that look like other animals as a form of protection

behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught (skunks spray)

behaviors that animals know how to do without being taught (skunks spray)

adaptation that allows animals to blend in to their environment

bright coloring to warn other animals that the animal is dangerous

Called the white of an egg, made up of protein

ropelike structure, made from protein, that holds the yolk to the center of the egg

Yellow part of an egg that stores nutrients (fat)

Long period of inactivity

Animals that move to different locations at certain times of the year

Plants that produce seeds in flowers