5th Grade Plants & Animals Vocabulary

Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

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What do we call the kingdom of classification for organisms that have only one cell and also have a nucleus, or

cell control center?

Protist

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What do we call the largest group into which living things can be classified?

Kingdom

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What do we call the grouping of things by using a set of rules?

Classification

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What do we call the smallest name grouping used in classification?

Species

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What do we call plants that have tubes?

Vascular

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What do we call animals that have hair and produce milk for their young?

Mammals

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What do we call the kingdom of classification for organisms having only one cell and no nucleus?

Monerans

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What do we call the second smallest name grouping used in classification?

Genus

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What do we call living things that look like plants but cannot make their own food; example, mushrooms?

Fungi

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What do we call animals that have moist skin and no scales?

Amphibians

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What do we call animals that have dry, scaly skin?

Reptiles

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What do we call plants that do not have tubes?

Nonvascular

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What do we call vertebrates with feathers?

Birds

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What do we call animals without a backbone?

Invertebrates

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What do we call vertebrates that live their entire life in the water?

Fish

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What do we call animals with a backbone?

Vertebrates