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7th Science 6-7
Test 5 Ch. 6-7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The science of classification is? | taxonomy |
| Plants with vascular systems are called? | tracheophytes |
| Organisms that live in or on other organisms and obtain nutrients from them are called? | parasites |
| The internal organs of a mollusk are contained in the? | visceral hump |
| What term is used to refer to a distinct type of organisms? | species |
| The largest mammal is the ? | blue whale |
| Plants without vascular systems are known as | bryophytes |
| Which plant without a vascular system often forms a lush, green coating on moist surfaces? | moss |
| The bristles found on segmented worms are called | setae |
| The front cutting teeth of a mammal are called | incisors |
| Why do scientists prefer scientific names to common names | same organisms may have several common names and different organisms may have the same common name |
| The man who developed a modern definition of the word species was | John Ray |
| The only animals that have a diaphragm are | mammals |
| Mammals whose young develop in a uterus or womb are called | placental mammals |
| The slow-moving arboreal mammal with large claws is the | sloth |
| The special system by which bats are able to find their insect prey is | echolocation |
| The most important basis for classifying living things? | body structure |
| Who is considered the Father of Taxonomy | Carolus Linnaeus |
| What term refers to animals with backbones | vertebrates |
| What are tiny one-celled reproductive structures produced by certain nonseed plants | spores |
| What plant has leaves called fronds | fern |
| Name one of the three types of nonseed vascular plants | fern, horsetail, club moss |
| The term that refers to animals without backbones is | invertebrates |
| The two groups of seed plants are | angiosperms and gymnospersms |
| The term that refers to a dormant winter slate in which body temperature drops close to the freezing point | hibernation |
| The number of chambers in a mammal's heart is | four |
| The term that refers to an internal skeleton is | endoskeleton |
| The term that refers to animals that eat primarily plants is | herbivore |
| The term used to refer to animals that regulate their body temperature internally is | warm-blooded |
| Biologists who study animals are called | zoologists |
| The only mammals that can actually fly are | bats |
| What are the 7 levels of Linnaeus's classification system? | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
| Includes flukes, tapeworms and planarians | flatworms |
| includes starfish and sand dollars | echinoderms |
| marine animals covered with spines | echinoderms |
| includes coral | coelenterates |
| pore-bearers | sponges |
| invertebrates that often have an external shell | mollusks |
| the only multicellular animals without nervous systems | sponges |
| have a muscular foot | mollusks |
| includes earthworms and leeches | segmented worms |
| have tentacles with stinging cells | coelenterates |