Living Things Flashcards
Organism
Any living thing
Classify
To put things into groups based on shared characteristics
Vertebrate
An animal with a backbone
Invertebrate
An animal without a backbone
Gills
Organs used to get oxygen by animals that breathe water
Exoskeleton
A hard outer covering that supports the body of some invertebrates
Complete metamorphosis
The life cycle of some insects that includes 3 stages egg,nymph, and adult
Eggs
A group of roundish bodies from which young will hatch
Larva
An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis
Pupa
A stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis
Incomplete metamorphosis
A life cycle or some insects that only has 3 stages egg,nymph,and adult
Nymph
The immature from of some insects which undergo incomplete metamorphosis
Conifer
A tree that produces cones and has needle like or scale lie leaves
Reproduction
The process in which living things create offspring
Spore
A tiny plant cell that will develop into a new plant
Seed
A structure in plants that consists of a plant embryo that will grow into a new plant
Fertilization
The process by which the female reproductive cell is united with the male reproductive cell
Germination
The process by which seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
