1.  Level of classification in order: ◦ Kingdom ◦ Phylum ◦ Class ◦ Order ◦ Family ◦ Genus ◦ Species

2.  Dichotomous Key- the chart with many choices that guides you to the name of the thing you want to identify.  Genus-a subdivision of family  Domain- the broadest level of classification  Classification- to organize living things in similar groups.  Species- the name that identifies a unique organism

3.  Kingdom Animalia-Made up of many cells and do not make their own food.  Examples: Canary, sea star  Kingdom Plantae-made of many cells and uses sunlight to make their food.  Example: Moss  Kingdom Fungi-feeds on dead or decaying material. Examples: yeast, mushroom  Kingdom Protista- classified whether they look like plants, animals or fungi. Example: Euglena  Kingdom Bacteria- single-celled and can be useful.  Kingdom Archaea- single celled and can live in extreme environments. Example: Sulfolobus

4.  Nonvascular plants- are the simplest of plants that grow in moist and damp places.  Vascular plants- have vascular tissue that allows them to move water, nutrients and sugar across long distances.  Spore- is a single reproductive cell that can grow into a whole new plant. Mosses and ferns are examples of plants that grow from spores.

5.  Some plants grow from seeds not spores.  Seeds have an advantage over spores:  Spores needs to stay moist and sprout soon after being released, seeds do not.  A seed has a protective covering that allows it to stay in the environment for a long time.  Plants that do not produce seeds in flowers are called gynosperms.  Cone-producing plants called conifers are the most common gynosperm.  Angiosperms are plants that produce seeds in flowers. This makes up about 85% of the plants.

6.  Flowers have both male and female parts.  The male part called the anther produce pollen grains which produce sperm.  The female parts include the stigma and the ovary and contain the eggs in the ovules.  Pollination-when an animal moving from flower to flower transfers pollen to the stigma of these flowers.

7.  Germinate- start to grow