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General Science
Classification of Living Things
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is classification | Classification is the organization of living things based on their similarities. |
| What are the seven levels of classification | Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Family |
| What are the 6 kingdoms | Animal, Plant, Protozoa, Bacteria, Fungi |
| What is an invertebrate | An animal without a backbone |
| What is a vertebrate | An animal with a backbone |
| What is a mammal | A warm blooded vertebrate(bull) |
| What is an amphibian | A cold blooded vertebrate(frog) |
| What is a bird | A warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate(eagle) |
| What is a reptile | A warm blooded vertebrate(iguana) |
| What is an arthropod | An invertebrate animal(lobster) |
| What is a fish | A limbless cold-blooded vertebrate(shark) |
| What are the characteristic of iving things | Movement, Respiration, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition, Irritibility |
| What is movement | Movement is the ability to change position |
| What is respiration | Respiration is taking in energy from food |
| What is growth | Growth is the ability to increaase in size |
| What is reproduction | Reproduction is the ability to make offspring |
| What is excretion | Excretion is the removal of metabolic waste |
| What is nutriton | Nutrition is the ability to obtain food necessary for health and growth |
| What is irritibility | Irritibility is the response to stimuli |