7th Science Part 1 Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Taxonomy | The science of classification |
John Ray | A Puritan Clergyman who wrote "The Wisdom of God Manifested in the Works of Creation". |
Carolus Linnaeus | Devised a simple, practical method of classification; "Father of Taxonomy" |
What are the who main categories of living things? | Kingdom Plantae [plant kingdom] and Kingdom Animalia [animal kingdom] |
Phyla | The next division of division of plants and animals |
Name in order the 7 divisions of plants and animals. | Kingdoms, phyla, classes, orders, families, genera, and species |
Scientific name | Always consists of its genus and species name with the genus name listed first. |
The primary basis for classifying living things is ____ ________. | body structure |
Tracheophytes | Plants with vascular systems |
Bryophytes [moss-like plants] | Plants without vascular systems |
Spores | Tiny productive structures that will produce new plants |
Fern | Seedless; stems grow below or just along the ground |
Fronds | Fern leaves |
Horsetail | Has stems that carrs on photosynthesis instead of its tiny green leaves |
Club moss | "ground pines" Bears spores in club shaped, cone like structures |
Mosses | Can survive in any climate on earth |
Rhizoids | Hairlike threads that absorb water and nutrients |
Liverworts | Look like clusters of tiny leaves |
Vertebrates | Animals with backbones |
Invertabrates | Animals without backbones |
Segmented worms [annelids] | Belong to phylum Annelidabristles that aids the worm in locomotion; include earthworm and leaches |
Setea | bristes that aid the segmented worms in locomotion |
Flatworm[platyhelminths] | Have flattened boddies; include flukes tapeworm and planarians |
Parasites | Organisms that live in or on other organisms and obrain nutrients form them |
Roundworms [nematodes] | Have bodies that taper at bot ends; include hookworms |
Mollusks | Include clams oysters, snail, slugs, and octopuses |
What are some specific characteristics of mollusks? | 1. a "foot" for locomotion 2. visceral hump contains the internal organs (viscera) 3. a mantles- a spinelike organ that cover the visceral hump |
Echinoderms | All marine animals; Include starfish, sea urchins, and sand dollars |
Coelenterates | Jellyfish, sea amones and corals members of the phylum Coelenterata[hollow gut] |
Tentacles | extend form the coelenterates's body to capture its prey |
Sponges | Phylum Porifera: pore bearer |
What is the only multicellular animal without a nervous system? | A sponge. |
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