Life Science Vocabulary Quiz on Sept. 16th

Quiz on these words Sept. 16th 1.amphibian: an animal that spends part of its life in the water and part on land; an animal that lives on land  as an adult but lays its eggs in water (related word: amphibious) 2.animal: an organism that is made of many cells, cannot make its own food, and can move during at least  part of its life; a member of kingdom Animalia 3.arthropod: a large category of animals without backbones that includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans 4.bird: warm-blooded vertebrate with feathers, wings, and a beak whose young are born from eggs 5.classify: to group things based on similar characteristics (related word: classification) 6.consumer: an organism that eats other living things to get energy; an organism that does not produce its  own food (related word: consume) 7.decompose: to break down into simple nutrients (related word: decomposition, decomposer) 8.egg: an animal's female reproductive cell (related word: ovum) 9.embryo: an early stage in the growth of an organism in which the organism is made up of a small number  of cells 10.fish: an animal that lives in water, has fins and scales, and breathes through gills 11.food chain: a model that shows one set of feeding relationships among living things 12.food web: a model that shows many different feeding relationships among living things 13.invertebrate: an animal that does not have a backbone 14.larva: a young animal that will eventually undergo metamorphosis (related word: larvae) 15.mammal: a warm-blooded animal with hair that produces milk for its offspring 16.nymph: an immature form of an insect that will go through metamorphosis to become an adult; usually  closely resembles the adult insect 17.organism: any individual living thing 18.photosynthesis: the process in which plants and some other organisms use the energy in sunlight to  make food 19.plant: an organism that is made up of many cells, makes its own food through photosynthesis, and  cannot move; a member of kingdom Plantae 20.producer: an organism that makes its own food; an organism that does not consume other plants or  animals 21.pupa: the stage during the life cycle of an insect between the larva and the adult 22.reptile: a cold-blooded animal with scaly skin (related word: reptilian) 23.vertebrate: an animal with a backbone and an internal skeleton