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7th Science 6-7
Test 5 Ch. 6-7
Question | Answer |
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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 |