Organisms & Classification
The basic unit of structure and function in living things.
What is a cell?
An animal without a backbone.
What is an invertebrate?
Animals with an internal body temperature that remains about the same. (50 extra points for scientific name)
What is warm-blooded (endothermic)?
Animals whose body temperature changes with its environment (50 extra points for scientific name).
What is cold-blooded (ectothermic).
A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
Grouping things according to similarities.
What is classification?
A hard shell or skeleton on the outside of the body.
What is an exoskeleton?
Animals that have a notochord, nerve cord and gill slits during development belong to this phylum.
What is Phylum Chordata (or chordates).
The larval stage of a frog or salamander.
What is a tadpole?
What type of bird only eats dead animals? Give one example.
What is a scavenger? (vulture, condor, buzzard, crow, hawk)
Name 3 of the 6 characteristics of organisms.
One or more cells, use energy, adapt to surroundings, react to changes, change or grow, reproduce.
A series of developmental changes of an organism.
Name 5 of the 7 characteristics of mammals.
Live birth, mammary glands, specialized teeth, hair or fur, lungs, 4 chambered heart, highly developed brain
Name 3 differences between turtles and tortoises.
Flipper/foot, shell shape, lives water/land, eats, head in shell.
Give an example of a swimming bird and describe their characteristics (how they are adapted to their environment).
Duck, swan, penguin, etc. Webbed feet, waterproof feathers, bill, ability to dive underwater.
The five basic needs of all organisms.
Energy, water, air, proper temperature, living space.
Insects and spiders belong to this phylum.
What is phylum arthropoda?
The platypus belongs to this group of egg-laying mammals.
What are monotremes?
Name 4 different kinds of amphibians.
Frog, toad, salamander, newt, caecillian.
Name 5 characteristics of fish.
What are: ectothermic, underwater, gills, swim bladder, fins, lay eggs, scales
State the order of classification of organisms. (Hint: K, P, C, O, F, G, S)
Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family genus, species.
Give 5 examples of different animals that are invertebrates.
Insects, spiders, sponges, jellyfish, worms, mollusks, sea anemone, urchin, coral.
Describe what makes marsupials unique and give an example of a marsupial.
Marsupials are pouched mammals. Their young are born at a very early stage and crawl into the mother's pouch to continue developing. Kangaroos, koalas, opposums.
Describe the life cycle of a frog.
eggs, tadpoles, tadpole w/hind legs, tadpole w/front legs, froglet w/short tail, adult frog
Describe how fish breathe through gills.
Fish take water in through mouth, passes through gills where oxygen enters blood stream and water and carbon dioxide pass out of the gills.