Living Things Flashcards

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Organism

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Any living thing

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Classify

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To put things into groups based on shared characteristics

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Vertebrate

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An animal with a backbone

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4
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Invertebrate

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An animal without a backbone

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5
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Gills

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Organs used to get oxygen by animals that breathe water

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Exoskeleton

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A hard outer covering that supports the body of some invertebrates

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Complete metamorphosis

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The life cycle of some insects that includes 3 stages egg,nymph, and adult

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Eggs

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A group of roundish bodies from which young will hatch

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Larva

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An early stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis

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Pupa

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A stage in the life cycle of an organism that will undergo complete metamorphosis

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Incomplete metamorphosis

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A life cycle or some insects that only has 3 stages egg,nymph,and adult

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Nymph

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The immature from of some insects which undergo incomplete metamorphosis

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13
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Conifer

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A tree that produces cones and has needle like or scale lie leaves

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Reproduction

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The process in which living things create offspring

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Spore

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A tiny plant cell that will develop into a new plant

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Seed

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A structure in plants that consists of a plant embryo that will grow into a new plant

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Fertilization

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The process by which the female reproductive cell is united with the male reproductive cell

18
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Germination

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The process by which seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow