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Classifying organisms
Name___________________________ Class_________________ Date____________
Match each of the following terms to its definition:
Autotroph Algae Classification Angiosperm
Chordata Archaebacteria Animal Class
1. ______________ - a large and diverse group of simple, plant-like protistsranging from unicellular to multicellular organisms; plant-like protists thatcontain chloroplasts and are autotrophic
2. ______________ - a plant that produces flowers and develops fruit aroundits seeds
3. ______________ - the kingdom that contains heterotrophic multicellularorganisms capable of movement
4. ______________ - known as ancient bacteria; a kingdom of scientificclassification which includes organisms that are unicellular, do not have anucleus, some make their own food and some need to obtain food from othersources; often found in harsh environments
5. ______________ - a living organism, such as algae, that is capable ofproducing its own food; also called a producer
6. ______________ - well known phylum which contains all animals withbackbones such as fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians
7. ______________ - group in the scientific classification system that comesafter phylum and before order grouping
8. ______________ - the process of grouping items together according to theirsimilarities
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Classifying organisms
Name___________________________ Class_________________ Date____________
Match each of the following terms to its definition:
Autotroph Algae Classification Angiosperm
Chordata Archaebacteria Animal Class
1. algae - a large and diverse group of simple, plant-like protists rangingfrom unicellular to multicellular organisms; plant-like protists that containchloroplasts and are autotrophic
2. angiosperm - a plant that produces flowers and develops fruit around itsseeds
3. animal - the kingdom that contains heterotrophic multicellular organismscapable of movement
4. archaebacteria - known as ancient bacteria; a kingdom of scientificclassification which includes organisms that are unicellular, do not have anucleus, some make their own food and some need to obtain food from othersources; often found in harsh environments
5. autotroph - a living organism, such as algae, that is capable of producingits own food; also called a producer
6. chordata - well known phylum which contains all animals with backbonessuch as fish, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians
7. class - group in the scientific classification system that comes afterphylum and before order grouping
8. classification - the process of grouping items together according to theirsimilarities
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