8th science or biology vocabulary about animal
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Scientific name | name of a species formed by 2 terms Genus + species
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Herbivore | an animal that eats only plants. Example: deer, cow, rabbit, worms
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Carnivore | an animal that eats other animals (meat) Example: wolf, lion, bird, spider
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Carolus Linneus | a man known as the father of classification
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Heterotroph | cannot produce their own food and must eat other organisms to live Ex: Fungi, humans
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Cladogram | a diagram showing how organisms are related based on shared derived characteristics
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Extinct | all members of a species disappear from earth
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Autotroph ("producer") | an organism that produces complex organic compounds (like fats), from simple substances present in its surroundings, using energy from light (photosynthesis)
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Autotroph example | algae, plants, bacteria
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Homologous structures | similar structures that related species have inherited from a common ancestor
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Taxonomy | the scientific study of how living things are classified
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Producer | an organism that can make its own food
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Omnivore | consumers that eat both plants and animals Example: Humans, bears, pigs
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