1. 5th Grade Plants & Animals Vocabulary
Ms. Thornburg’s Flash Cards!

2. 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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3. What do we call the largest group into which living things can be classified?
Kingdom
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4. What do we call the grouping of things by using a set of rules?
Classification
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5. What do we call the smallest name grouping used in classification?
Species
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6. What do we call plants that have tubes?
Vascular
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7. What do we call animals that have hair and produce milk for their young?
Mammals
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8. What do we call the kingdom of classification for organisms having only one cell and no nucleus?
Monerans
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9. What do we call the second smallest name grouping used in classification?
Genus
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10. What do we call living things that look like plants but cannot make their own food; example, mushrooms?
Fungi
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11. What do we call animals that have moist skin and no scales?
Amphibians
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12. What do we call animals that have dry, scaly skin?
Reptiles
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13. What do we call plants that do not have tubes?
Nonvascular
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14. What do we call vertebrates with feathers?
Birds
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15. What do we call animals without a backbone?
Invertebrates
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16. What do we call vertebrates that live their entire life in the water?
Fish
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17. What do we call animals with a backbone?
Vertebrates
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