To arrange or sort objects or living things according to their properties or characteristics.
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All organisms in the same group have some common ___________________.
characteristics
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Scientists use two small groups called _______ and ____________ to sort animals.
genus, species
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These two ways of classifying plants are:
1. How the plants transport nutrients
2. How the plants reproduce.
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Some plants have ___________ structures that connect their leaves, stems, and roots.
tubelike
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Tubelike structures transport ________ and ____________ to all parts of the plants.
water, nutrients
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Plants with these tubelike structures are called ______________ plants.
vascular
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Plants that pass water and nutrients from cell to cell are called _________ plants.
nonvascular
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Plants with flowers or cones produce ___________.
seeds
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A seed has many ____________.
cells
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A seed has a ______________ and ______________ inside a protective covering.
young plant, stored food
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If a plant doesn’t have seeds it has ______________.
spores
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Each spore is one ________ surrounded by a protective ____________.
cell, cell wall
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Plants with cones are vascular plants called ____________.
conifers
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Animals with backbones are called _____________.
vertebrates
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Covered with scales; live in water; breathe mostly with gills; cold-blooded: their body temperature depends on the temperature on their surroundings; most lay eggs