1. 4th Grade Chapter 1 Classifying Plants and Animals Coley Hembree
Science Vocabulary
4th Grade
Chapter 1
Classifying Plants and Animals
Coley Hembree

2. Cell
The smallest unit of a living thing that can perform all life processes.

3. Nucleus
The control center for the cell

4. Cytoplasm
Contains the things that the cell needs to carry out its life processes

5. Chloroplast
The special parts in plant cells that trap the Sun’s energy

6. Genus
A group of closely related living things.

7. Species
A group of similar organisms that can mate and produce offspring that can also produce offspring
A horse and donkey are different species, but their offspring, called a mule, cannot reproduce.

8. Vertebrates
Animals with backbones

9. Vertebrates

10. Invertebrates
Animals without backbones