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Animals
well the title kinda sums it all up
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Science
6th Grade
03/19/2010

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What are the 4 major functions of animals?

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1. Obtain food and O2

2. Keep a stable condition

c.     Movement

d.    Reproduction

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What is a cell?
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the basic unit of structure and function in living things (p.7)

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tissue

 

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A group of similar cells that perform a specific function
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organ
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a structure that is composed of diffrent kinds of tissue
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adaption
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A characteristic that helps an orginism survive or reproduce in its own enviroment
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sexual reproduction
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The process in which a new organism develops from the joining of 2 sex cells
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fertilization
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The joining of an egg cell and a sperm cell
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asexual reproduction
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The process by which a single organism produces a new organism identical to its self
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phylum
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One of about 35 major groups into which bioligsts classify members of the animal kingdom
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vertebrate
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An animal that has a backbone
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invertabrate
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an animal that has no backbone
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