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Ch 3
Classifying animals
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| classify | to group things based on the features they share |
| species | a group of organisms that can breed with each other to produce offspring like themselves |
| genus | a group of living things that includes separate species |
| vertebrate | an animal with a backbone |
| amphibian | a vertebrate that lives at first in water and then on land |
| reptile | an egg laying vertebrate that breathes with lungs |
| cold-blooded | having a body temperature that changes with temperature of surroundings |
| warm-blooded | having a body temperature that stays the same |
| invertebrate | an animal that does not have a backbone |
| tentacle | an armlike body part in invertebrates that is used for capturing prey |
| crustacean | a class of arthropods that includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, and sow bugs |
| arachnid | a class of arthropods that includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks |
| mollusk | an invertebrate divided into 3 parts |