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7th Science Part 1
Effie Subardoe - Science Order and design- Chapter 6 - A Beka Book
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | The science of classification |
| John Ray | A Puritan Clergyman who wrote "The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation". |
| Carolus Linnaeus | Devised a simple, practical method of classification; "Father of Taxonomy" |
| What are the who main categories of living things? | Kingdom Plantae [plant kingdom] and Kingdom Animalia [animal kingdom] |
| Phyla | The next division of division of plants and animals |
| Name in order the 7 divisions of plants and animals. | Kingdoms, phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species |
| Scientific name | Always consists of its genus and species name with the genus name listed first. |
| The primary basis for classifying living things is ____ ________. | body structure |
| Tracheophytes | Plants with vascular systems |
| Bryophytes [moss-like plants] | Plants without vascular systems |
| Spores | Tiny productive structures that will produce new plants |
| Fern | Seedless; stems grow below or just along the ground |
| Fronds | Fern leaves |
| Horsetail | Has stems that carrs on photosynthesis instead of its tiny green leaves |
| Club moss | "ground pines" Bears spores in club shaped, cone like structures |
| Mosses | Can survive in any climate on earth |
| Rhizoids | Hairlike threads that absorb water and nutrients |
| Liverworts | Look like clusters of tiny leaves |
| Vertebrates | Animals with backbones |
| Invertabrates | Animals without backbones |
| Segmented worms [annelids] | Belong to phylum Annelidabristles that aids the worm in locomotion; include earthworm and leaches |
| Setea | bristes that aid the segmented worms in locomotion |
| Flatworm[platyhelminths] | Have flattened boddies; include flukes tapeworm and planarians |
| Parasites | Organisms that live in or on other organisms and obrain nutrients form them |
| Roundworms [nematodes] | Have bodies that taper at bot ends; include hookworms |
| Mollusks | Include clams oysters, snail, slugs, and octopuses |
| What are some specific characteristics of mollusks? | 1. a "foot" for locomotion 2. visceral hump contains the internal organs (viscera) 3. a mantles- a spinelike organ that cover the visceral hump |
| Echinoderms | All marine animals; Include starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars |
| Coelenterates | Jellyfish, sea amones and corals members of the phylum Coelenterata[hollow gut] |
| Tentacles | extend form the coelenterates's body to capture its prey |
| Sponges | Phylum Porifera: pore bearer |
| What is the only multicellular animal without a nervous system? | A sponge. |
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