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