1. Living Things
Classification

2. Vocabulary
Classification- putting things in groups according to their traits, or characteristics
Organisms- living things made up of one or many cells
Microscope- a scientific tool
that is used to see very small
objects; it more powerful than
a magnifying glass

4. Animals Organisms that can be made of many parts Cannot make their own
food
Get energy from eating
other plants or animals
Are classified according
to whether or not they
have a backbone

5. Invertebrates Animals without backbones
Some have a hard outer covering or shell (exoskeleton)
Insects Crabs Clams
Others do not!
Jellyfish Worms

6. More Invertebrates
Snails Starfish Sea Sponge
Shrimp

7. Vertebrates Animals with backbones Have a protective skin covering
Have an inside skeleton
Have muscles
Have blood that circulates through blood vessels
Have lungs or gills for breathing
Classified into 5 groups

8. Fish Breathe with gills Most have scales and fins Most lay eggs
Body temperature changes with environment (cold-blooded)

9. Amphibians
Spend the beginning of their lives in water (breathe with gills)
Adults live on land (breathe with lungs)
Have smooth, moist skin
Most lay eggs
Body temperature changes with environment (cold-blooded)

10. Reptiles Breathe with lungs Have scales or plates Most lay eggs
Body temperature changes with environment (cold-blooded)

11. Birds Breathe with lungs
Have feathers, a beak, two wings, and two feet
Lay eggs
Have a constant body temperature (warm-blooded)

12. Mammals Breathe with lungs Have fur or hair Can nurse their young
with milk
Usually give birth to live
offspring
Have a constant body
temperature (warm-blooded)

13. Mammals
YOU are a mammal!

14. Plants Organisms that are made of many parts Can make their own
food (photosynthesis)
Some produce flowers;
some do not

15. Flowering Plants Plants that make seeds within flowers
Some flowers become the fruits that contain seeds
Examples:
Grasses
Roses
Oak trees
Tomatoes
Bean Plants
Fruit Trees

16. Non-Flowering Plants
Plants that make seeds within cones or produce spores instead of seeds
Examples:
Pines
Spruce
Cedar Trees
Ferns
Mosses
Lichens
Produce Cones
Produce Spores

17. Non-Flowering Plants Produce Cones with seeds in them Spruce Trees
Cedar Trees
Pine Trees

18. Non-Flowering Plants Produce Spores instead of seeds Ferns Lichens
Mosses