Vertebrates
Humans are vertebrates: True or false
True
Only insects can be invertebrates: true or false?
False!
Features or qualities that belong to a person, place or thing are known as:
a) properties
b) labels
c) descriptions
d) characteristics
d) characteristics
Elephants, bears, and humans all belong to the _________ kingdom.
a) Fungi
b) Plant
c) Animal
d) Protist
c) animal
DAILY DOUBLE
Biodiversity provides human with:
a) food
b) medicine (ex. pain relievers)
c) clothing materials (silk)
d) all of the above
d) all of the above
I have hair, fur, give birth to live young, feed my babies milk, breathe with my lungs, and am warm-blooded. Who am I?
a) reptile
b) amphibian
c) bird
d) mammal
e) fish
d) mammal
DAILY DOUBLE
What phylum, or type, of invertebrates, does a tarantula belong to?
a) Arthropods
b) Segmented worms
c) Mollusks
d) Cnidaria
a) Arthropods
DAILY DOUBLE
A specific type of organism is called a
a) class
b) kingdom
c) species
d) phylum
Species
The kingdom that contains trees, grass, and flowers is the:
a) animal kingdom
b) plant kingdom
c) fungi kingdom
d) monera kingdom
b) plant kingdom
DAILY DOUBLE:
Minerals in the soil, rain, temperature, and sunlight are examples of _________ factors.
Abiotic
DAILY DOUBLE
We are cold-blooded animals that lay eggs. Our skin is covered with hard and dry scales. We can live on land AND in water. Who am I?
a) mammal
b) reptile
c) amphibians
d) bird
e) fish
b) reptile
Which one of these is NOT a class of arthropods?
a) Insects
b) Arachnids
c) Crustaceans
d) Mollusks
d) Mollusks
DAILY DOUBLE
All the living things that exist in that environment such as a forest or ocean is called a/an:
a) habitat
b) ecosystem
c) group
d) vertebrate
b) ecosystem
DAILY DOUBLE
Which kingdom contains mushrooms?
a) Plant kingdom
b) Fungi kingdom
c) Animal kingdom
d) None of these kingdoms
The fungi kingdom
Why are animals important in an ecosystem?
a) animals break down plants
b) animals eat bacteria
c) animals produce carbon dioxide
d) animals produce oxygen
c) animals produce carbon dioxide
DAILY DOUBLE
Which group of animals breathe with gills as young and breathe with lungs on land?
a)reptiles
b)fish
c)birds
d)amphibians
d) amphibians
This class of arthropod includes lobsters, crabs, and pill bugs:
a) mollusks
b) crustaceans
c) insects
d) myriapods
b) crustaceans
What are abiotic and biotic factors?
Abiotic factors are living things like plants and animals. Biotica factors are nonliving things like temperature and rain.
A kingdom is:
a) All living things are classified under a large group
b) A habitat for vertebrates only
c) A large group of animals
d) A habitat for invertebrates only
a) all living things are classified under a large group
Which of the following is NOT an invasive species?
a) sea lamprey
b) zebra mussels
c) large mouth bass
d) round goby
c) Large mouth bass
What are the 5 groups of vertebrates? Give an example of each.
Mammals - bear
Fish - salmon
Birds - owl
Amphibians - Frogs, toads
Reptiles - Lizard, crocodile
Name 4 groups of invertebrates
Answers may vary:
mollusks
arthropods
segmented worms
sponges
echinoderms
What is an invasive species?
An invasive species is a living thing that gets introduced to a new environment where it does not normally belong and usually causes harm.
Name the 4 kingdoms of living things and give an example for each.
Animal - elephants, etc
Plant - flowers, mosses
Fungi - mushrooms
Protist - algae
All animals must be able to:
a) reproduce
b) get rid of waste
c) breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide
d) all of the above
d) all of the above