Variation & Classification

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
r t b r a t e
2.
n t i b r a t e
3.
k l e o n
The hard structure that provides a frame for the body of an animal
4.
a c b n e
5.
l a n
Living thing that grows in soil and makes its own food
6.
F i s
Scaly swimmer that breathes through gills
7.
i n g o m
A country with a king as head of state
8.
r h r p o d
9.
F a t w r
10.
a r i a t o
An instance of change
11.
S p e c s
Coins collectively (plural)
12.
R u d w r m
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C s s f i c a i o
Restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain
14.
m h b i a n
15.
l l s c s
16.
n g i
The taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools
17.
M a m l
Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair
18.
M i c r o a i s m
Any organism of ___ size
19.
e p t l e
Any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class ___ including tortoises, turtles, snakes, lizards
20.
A i a l
A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
21.
B i r
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings