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What are some features amphibians have and 3 examples

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Starts in water (gills)
Goes through metamorphosis
Cold blooded
Slimy skin

Frog
salamander
newt

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2 examples why animals are in dangers

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Poaching

Killed for ivory, medicine, fur, meat

Loss of habitat

City development, expansion of farm land

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What is binomial nomenclature and the rules that they follow

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Scientific names for living things follow certain rules

Must be In Latin or Greek
Genus = capital species = Lowercase
Italics or underlined

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Definition of vertebrate and three examples

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An animal with a backbone

Cats
Dogs
People

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Definition of a invertebrate 5 examples

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An animal without a backbone

Jellyfish 
squid 
Spiders 
Starfish
Coral
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Feature of mammals and 4 examples

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Hair or fur
Drink milk from mom
Warm blooded
Live birth

Mammoth
People
Bats
Cats

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Features of a fish and 3 examples

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Gills 
Fins
Live in water
Scales 
Cold blooded

Clown fish
Blue tang
Goldfish

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Features of insects and 5 examples

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Exo-skeleton
6 legs
3 body segments
Often has a set of wings

Grass hopper 
Butterfly 
Fly 
Dung beetle
Cock roach
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Definition of deciduous trees 4 examples

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Lose leaves throughout the year

Red maple
White oak
Willow tree
Birch

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Definition of an omnivore

5 examples

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An animal that gets its energy from a diet that consists of plants and meat

Humans 
Bear 
Pig
Skunk
Raccoon
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Features of birds and 5 examples

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Wings 
Lay eggs 
Hollow bones 
Has feathers 
Most fly but not all 
Have beaks
Dove 
Humming bird 
Blue jay
Robbin
Owl
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Definition of a herbivore and 5 examples

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An animal that gets its energy from a diet that consists mainly of plants

Rabbit 
Deer
Giraffe
Cow
Elephant
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Definition of endangered and 4 examples of animals endangered

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At high risk of becoming extinct in the wild (some still in natural habitat)

Panda
Mountain gorilla
Jaban rhino
Amur leopard

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Definition of carnivore and 4 examples

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An animal that gets its energy from a diet that consists mainly of meat

Tiger
Lion
Wolf
Dog

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Features of reptiles and 4 examples

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Lays eggs
Scaly skin
Cold blooded

Alligator
Python
Gecko
Corn snake

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Definition of extinct and 4 examples

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No living individuals exist anywhere

Dinosaurs 
Dodo birds 
Stellar sea cow 
Wooly mammoth 
Irish deer
17
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Features of a confinerions tree and 4 examples

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Often called evergreens
Keeps its leaves all year long
Has needles
Often has cones

Cedar
White pine
Blue spruce
Scotch pine

18
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Definition of taxonomy why and classes

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How we sort/classify living things

(Tomato was several words long)

Kingdom 
Order
Class
Order
Family 
Genus
Species
19
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The 6 kingdoms and what is happening

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Animal kingdom
Fungi kingdom
Plant kingdom 
Porteza kingdom 
Archebarteria kingdom
Eu bacteria kingdom

Constantly changing as new things are discovered bacteria in the arctic
Bacteria found in hot ocean vents at the bottom of the ocean.

20
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Definition of of extinct in the wild and an example

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None left in natural habitat but do live in captivity (zoo, conservation areas, parks)

Soft shell turtle

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