Living Systems

What are all living things made of?

Cells

What is the smallest part of a living thing that can carry out all life processes called?

Cell

Where do cells come from?

Other cells

What are the parts of an animal cell?

Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Vacuole, Cell Membrane

What are the parts of a plant cell?

Nucleus, Cytoplasm, Vacuole, Cell Membrane, Cell Wall, Chloroplast

What shape do plant cells tend to be?

Rectangular

What shape do animal cells tend to be?

Spherical or irregular

What is the name given to the five groups that living things are categorized as?

Kingdoms

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Monera, Protist, Fungi, Plants, Animals

Which types of plants have stems, roots, and leaves with tube-like structures that carry food and water?

Vascular

What carries the food and water from the roots to the leaves in vascular plants?

Xylem

What carries food from the leaves to the other parts of the vascular plant?

Phloem

Name some vascular plants.

Flowers, trees, ferns, grasses, bushes

What makes nonvascular plants different from vascular plants?

They don’t have specialized parts

What type of plants are most of them?

Vascular

Which type of animal has a backbone?

Vertebrates

What type of animal does not have a backbone?

Invertebrates

How can vertebrates be classified?

Birds, Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Mammals

How can invertebrates be classified?

Sponges, Cnidarians, Annelids, Mollusks, Echinoderms, Arthropods

Which type of invertebrate is stinging-celled?

Cnidarian

Which type of invertebrate is a worm?

Annelid

Which type of invertebrate is soft-bodied?

Mollusk

Which type of invertebrate is spiny-skinned?

Echinoderm