5 th Grade Science Ch. 6: Multicellular Organisms Mrs. Thornburg’s version

Vocabulary Terms in 5 th Grade Science Ch. 6: Multicellular Organisms ClassificationFishKingdom InvertebratesGenusMammals GymnospermsSpeciesReptiles AngiospermsBirdsXylem AmphibiansPhloemVertebrates Vascular PlantNonvascular Plant

What do we call the process of grouping similar things together?

Classification

What do we call a large group of similar organisms?

Kingdom

What do we call a group of vertebrates that have hair and produce milk for their young?

Mammals

What do we call a group of vertebrates with scaly skin; most lay their eggs on land?

Reptiles

What do we call a group of vertebrates with feathers?

Birds

What do we call a group of vertebrates that has scales and lives their entire lives in water?

Fish

What do we call a group of vertebrates that begin life in water, but live on land as adults?

Amphibians

What do we call a subdivision of a classification family?

Genus

What do we call a single kind of organism that reproduces among its own kind?

Species

What do we call an animal with a backbone?

Vertebrates

What do we call animals without a backbone?

Invertebrates

What do we call a vascular plant that produces seeds that are not surrounded by a fruit?

Gymnosperm

What do we call a flowering plant whose seeds are surrounded by fruit?

Angiosperm

What do we call a plant without transport tubes to carry water and nutrients throughout the plant?

Nonvascular plant

What do we call a plant with tubes to carry nutrients and water throughout the plant?

Vascular plant

What do we call vascular tissue that carries nutrients and water from roots to other parts of a plant?

Xylem

What do we call vascular tissue that carries food from leaves to the other parts of a plant?

Phloem