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7D var classif @AJHS
Question | Answer |
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abdomen | Rear or bottom end of an animal’s main body. |
amphibian | Vertebrate with moist skin, e.g. a frog. |
antenna | Something sticking out of an animal’s head which is used to sense things. The plural is antennae. |
arachnid | Type of arthropod with four pairs of legs, e.g. a spider. |
arthropod | Invertebrate with jointed legs, e.g. a fly or spider. |
bird | Vertebrate with feathers, e.g. an eagle. |
centipede | Type of arthropod with long thin body divided into sections. One pair of legs on each body section. |
classification | Sorting things into groups. |
correlation | Same as a relationship |
crustacean | Type of arthropod with a chalky shell and 5–7 pairs of legs, e.g. a lobster. |
echinoderm | Invertebrate with a body in five parts, e.g. a starfish. |
environment | The surroundings of an organism. |
environmental factors | Things in an environment that can change something about an organism. |
environmental variation | Differences between organisms caused by environmental factors. |
exoskeleton | Thick outer covering found on arthropods. |
fish | Vertebrate with wet scales, fins and gills, e.g. a salmon. |
head | Front or top end of an animal’s body. |
inherited variation | Differences between organisms passed to organisms by their parents in reproduction. |
insect | Type of arthropod with three pairs of legs, e.g. a fly. |
invertebrate | Animal with no backbone. |
kingdom | Largest groups that living things are sorted into. The two biggest are the plant and animal kingdoms. |
mammal | Vertebrate with hair, which also produces milk, e.g. a human. |
millipede | Arthropod with long, thin body divided into sections. Two pairs of legs on each body section. |
mollusc | Invertebrate that crawls on a fleshy pad, e.g. a snail. |
offspring | Any plant or animal formed by reproduction. Offspring are produced by their parents. |
organism | A living thing. |
relationship | A link between two things shown on a graph. |
reptile | Vertebrate with dry scales, e.g. a snake. |
segment | Some animals have bodies that are divided into obvious sections called segments. |
species | A group of organisms that can reproduce with each other to produce offspring that will also be able to reproduce. |
thorax | Middle part of an animal’s main body. In insects the legs are attached to the thorax. |
variation | The differences between things. |
vertebrate | An animal with a backbone. |