Classification Vocab

The highest level of classification

An organsim that is able to produce its own food from unorganic substances, using light or chemical energy

The sorting of organisms into groups according to similar structures

An organism that consumes other organisms in order to obtain its energy requirements

A mammal that gives birth to underdeveloped young, which then develop further in a pouch

An mammal that lays eggs

A scientist who groups organisms into categories

• breathes air • is endothermic • has hair/fur • produces milk for their young

1 Vetabrate 2. is endothermic 3. has feathers 4. lays (hard) eggs 5. breathes air

• Vertebrates • breathes air • is ectothermic • has dry scaly skin and • lays (soft) eggs

• Vertebrates • Starts of underwater • Moves onto breath air

• Vertebrates • Underater with gills