Chapter 6-Living Organisms
Classify
_____________
to
arrange or sort objects or
living things according to
their properties or
characteristics..
___________
a group of
Genus
closely related living things .
_______________
a group of
species
similar organisms that can mate
and produce offspring that can
also produce offspring.
___________
vertebrates animals that
have backbones .
invertebrates animals
_____________
without backbones
__________
one of the
sepal
leaflike parts that cover and
protect the flower bud
chlorophyll the substance
_________
in plants that makes their
parts green and captures
energy from sunlight
___________
fertilization the process
in which a sperm cell and
an egg cell combine
pistil
_________
a female
structure in plants that
produces egg cells
________
stamen male structure
in plants that makes
pollen
_______________
to
germinate
start to grow
______________
Life cycle the
various
stages an organism passes
through as it grows,
matures, and finally dies
______________
the
pollination
movement of pollen from
stamen to pistil
__________________
the
photosynthesis
process in which plants
make sugar
_________________
metamorphoses a
change in the form of an
organism
molt
______________
to shed
an outer covering
_____________
a group
organ
of tissues working
together to carry out
body processes
_____________________
Circulatory system
the system that moves
blood through your body
_____________________
Respiratory system
the system that helps
move oxygen and carbon
dioxide into and out of
the body
Scientists classify
_________________
plants and animals into
groups.
Flowering plants reproduce
seeds
by making ___________.
__________________
Plant seeds
form when pollen cells
fertilize egg cells in the
pistil.
Plants go through several
stages of __________.
growth
Some plants are flowering,
______________
seed-bearing plants.
The pond pine is a
______________
nonflowering plant. Its
seeds form in __________.
pinecones
Some animals go through
_______________________.
complete
metamorphosis
Some animals go through
_______________________
incomplete
metamorphosis
molt
and ______.
Animals inherit
characteristics from their
__________.
parents
system helps
The respiratory
_______________
move oxygen and carbon
dioxide into and out of your
body.
The ________________
circulatory system
moves blood through your
body.