Plant and Animal Classification Vocabulary

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Flowering Plants

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plants that reproduce with flowers

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Nonflowering Plants

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plants that reproduce by spores, not flowers

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Bird

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an animal with a backbone, feathers, wings, and lightweight bones, breathes air, and lays eggs with a hard shell

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Fish

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an animal that has a backbone and fins; lives in water and breathes through gills

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Mammal

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an animal that has a backbone and fur or hair; breathes air with lungs; does not lay eggs; feeds milk to its young

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Reptile

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an animal that has a backbone and dry, leathery skin or scales; breathes air with lungs; lays eggs with leathery shells or sometimes gives birth to live young

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Amphibian

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an animal that has a backbone and lives in water when it is young and land when it is an adult

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Arthropod

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an animal that has a hard-outer skeleton and jointed legs

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complete metamorphosis

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a change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism (ex. egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), adult butterfly).

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incomplete metamorphosis

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type of insect development characterized by the similar appearance of pre-adults and adults.