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7D var classif @AJHS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomen | Rear or bottom end of an animal’s main body. |
| amphibian | Vertebrate with moist skin, e.g. a frog. |
| antenna | Something sticking out of an animal’s head which is used to sense things. The plural is antennae. |
| arachnid | Type of arthropod with four pairs of legs, e.g. a spider. |
| arthropod | Invertebrate with jointed legs, e.g. a fly or spider. |
| bird | Vertebrate with feathers, e.g. an eagle. |
| centipede | Type of arthropod with long thin body divided into sections. One pair of legs on each body section. |
| classification | Sorting things into groups. |
| correlation | Same as a relationship |
| crustacean | Type of arthropod with a chalky shell and 5–7 pairs of legs, e.g. a lobster. |
| echinoderm | Invertebrate with a body in five parts, e.g. a starfish. |
| environment | The surroundings of an organism. |
| environmental factors | Things in an environment that can change something about an organism. |
| environmental variation | Differences between organisms caused by environmental factors. |
| exoskeleton | Thick outer covering found on arthropods. |
| fish | Vertebrate with wet scales, fins and gills, e.g. a salmon. |
| head | Front or top end of an animal’s body. |
| inherited variation | Differences between organisms passed to organisms by their parents in reproduction. |
| insect | Type of arthropod with three pairs of legs, e.g. a fly. |
| invertebrate | Animal with no backbone. |
| kingdom | Largest groups that living things are sorted into. The two biggest are the plant and animal kingdoms. |
| mammal | Vertebrate with hair, which also produces milk, e.g. a human. |
| millipede | Arthropod with long, thin body divided into sections. Two pairs of legs on each body section. |
| mollusc | Invertebrate that crawls on a fleshy pad, e.g. a snail. |
| offspring | Any plant or animal formed by reproduction. Offspring are produced by their parents. |
| organism | A living thing. |
| relationship | A link between two things shown on a graph. |
| reptile | Vertebrate with dry scales, e.g. a snake. |
| segment | Some animals have bodies that are divided into obvious sections called segments. |
| species | A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other to produce offspring that will also be able to reproduce. |
| thorax | Middle part of an animal’s main body. In insects the legs are attached to the thorax. |
| variation | The differences between things. |
| vertebrate | An animal with a backbone. |