Question | Answer |
what is a vascular plant | vascular plants have structures that let them transport water throughout the plant |
examples of vascular plants | ferns and horsetails |
what is a non-vascular plant | non-vascular plants absorb water much like a sponge soaks up liquid. These plants do not have specialized tubes and tissues |
examples of non-vascular plants | green algae, liver worts, and mosses |
Differences between angiosperms and gymnosperms | Angiosperms is a vascular plant that produces flowers, it makes fruits and seeds to protect to seeds
Gymnosperms is a vascular plant that produces seeds, but it doesn't make flowers or fruits and reproduces by seeds in cones & berries. |
Examples of angiosperms | Tulips, Flowers |
Examples of gymnosperms | Cones & Berries |
Similarities of angiosperms and gymnosperms | They are both vascular plants |
Vertebrates | An animal that has a backbone in its body |
Invertebrates | An animal that doesn't have a backbone in its body |
Example of vertebrates | Dog, cat, alligator, turtle, chicken, duck, bird, elephant |
Example of invertebrates | Snake, rat/mouse, worms |
Dichotomous key | A tool that allows you to determine the identy of items |
Mammal | Feed milk to young and move to find food and escape from predators |
Fish | They have gills, fins, well developed sensory system and they can't control that body temperature and they are cold blooded |
Birds | They lay eggs in a nest, they have feathers and wings to make them fly |
Reptiles | They have dry and scaly skin. They keep the internal body temperature steady |
Amphibians | They lay eggs on water, some live close to the desert. They have smooth and moist skin |
Differences between radial and bilateral symmetry | Bilateral symmetry is a mirror like image if you cut it in half it looks the same on both sides.
Radial symmetry has body parts around a central axis |
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