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12/07/2005

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Term
the class of birds
Definition
Aves
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the animal kingdom
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animalia
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Linnaeus's system using two words
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binomial nomenclature
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a phylum of organisms
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chordata
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the plant kingdom that obtains food by absorpstion and lacks chlorophyll
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fungi
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members of the animal kingdom without backbones, such as arthropods and worms
Definition
invertebrates
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the class of vertebrates that possess mammary glands, have a body that is more or less covered with hair, and possess a well-developed brain
Definition
mammalia
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the kingdom including the bacterial organisms that lack a true nucleus in the cell and reproduce by fission
Definition
monera
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a flexible cord of cells in the embryo stage of growth that eventually becomes the vertebra
Definition
notochord
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the bony fish
Definition
osteichthyes
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the area of the pharnyx
Definition
pharyngeal
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mammals having a placenta through which the embryo and fetus are nourished while in the uterus
Definition
placental mammals
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the plant kingdom
Definition
plantae
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animal kingdom including the single-celled or microscopic animals and single-celled algae
Definition
protista
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the class that includes turtles, toroises, and related animals
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reptilia the class that includes turtles, toroises, and related animals
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the science that is concerned with the naming and classification of organisms
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taxonomy
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the seven categories of linaeus's classification system
Definition
taxa
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adds a third word to linnaesus's system of classifying organisms
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trinomial nomenclature
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animals that have a segmented spinal column
Definition
vertebrates
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The odest direct traces of life on earth date back _______________ years
Definition
3.4 to 3.5 billion
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The first land plants were believed to have become established about 42o million years ago during the __________ period.
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Ordovician
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Vertebrate animals, in the form of amphibians and reptiles, appeared during the _______ period.
Definition
devonian
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Dinosaurs appeared along with mammal-like reptiles during the ________ period.
Definition
triassic
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Dinosaurs reached their period of greatest abundance during the ________ period.
Definition
Jurassic
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Placental mammals evolved, dispersed, and adapted to new environments during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs ________ million years agoa
Definition
40 to 70
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An ancestor to modrn birds is _____________
Definition
archaeopteryx
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the earliest indication of a domesticated animal dates back approximately ______ years
Definition
12,ooo
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____ percent of all American families include at least one companion animal
Definition
58.9
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yearly expenditures for pet care in the US is placed at well over ___________ annually
Definition
$32 billion
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the US department of agriculture was given the power to control the use of dogs, cats, primates, guinea pigs, hamsters, and rabbits by the ______ ______ act
Definition
animal welfare
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_______ ________ is credited with developing our modern method of classifying organisms
Definition
Carolus Linnaeus
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The naming of species is called binomial nomenclature and uses the _____ language
Definition
latin
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name the five kingdoms in which all organisms are divided
Definition
monera, protista, plantae, fungi, animalia
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what are the four distinctive characteristics of the phylum chordata?
Definition
rear tail area, slitts for gills, embryonic notochord, dorsal tubular nerve cord running down back
Term
list, in order, the seven categories into which organisms are classified
Definition
kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
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