1. Animal Classification Vocabulary

2. Amphibian a cold-blooded vertebrate that breathes with gills when young and with lungs as an adult; must return to the water to lay eggs and this group includes frogs, toads, salamanders, etc.

3. Animalia (Animal) taxonomic kingdom comprising of all living or extinct animals

4. Arthropod a phylum of invertebrates that have a segmented body, jointed limbs, and usually a hard outer shell; includes insects, spiders and crustaceans

5. Birds a warm-blooded vertebrate that has a body covered with feathers, has wings, and lays a hard-shelled egg

6. Binomial nomenclature Karl Linnaeus’ system of using two Latin names to describe an organism’s genus and species

7. Fish a cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrate that has gills, fins, and a body covered with scales

8. Fungi a diverse kingdom of single-celled or multicellular organisms that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow; includes mushrooms, molds, mildews, and yeasts

9. Invertebrate animal without a backbone

10. Kingdom the most general taxonomic level and contains the most types of organisms ; includes Kingdom Animalia, Kingdom Plantae, Kingdom Fungi, Kingdom Protista, and Kingdom Monera

11. Mammal a warm-blooded vertebrate that has hair or fur, gives birth to live young and nourishes its young with milk

12. Monera kingdom of single-celled, microscopic, organisms, which includes bacteria and blue-green algae

13. Phylum the second largest taxonomic level, just below kingdom; arthropods, chordates, and mollusks are phyla

14. Plantae (Plant) kingdom of multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food by photosynthesis

15. Protista kingdom of single-celled or multi-celled organisms that include amoebas, euglenas, and algae

16. Reptile cold-blooded usually egg-laying vertebrates, such as snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles, or dinosaurs, that have an external covering of scales and breathes with lungs

17. Species most specific taxonomic level and contains only one type of organism

18. Taxonomy science of naming and classifying organisms based on their similarities and differences

19. Vertebrate animal with a backbone