Animals that have a backbone are called ____________
What are vertebrates.
100
Animals without a backbone belong to the group _______.
What is invertebrates.
100
_____________ plants have tubes that carry water and nutrients from the roots to the leaves.
What are vascular plants.
100
Plants that produce naked seeds.
What are gymnosperms.
200
The next level of classification -
Kingdom, phylum, class, _________
What is order.
200
Vertebrate animals that have gills, live in water their entire lives and lay eggs.
What are fish.
200
The most common type of animal found on earth is
A) mammals
B) invertebrates
C) vertebrates
D) cockroaches
What is invertebrates.
200
Tissue that carries water and nutrients from the plant's roots to all other parts of the plant.
What is xylem.
200
Flowering plants that produce seeds protected by fruit.
What angiosperms.
300
The smallest group for classifying living things.
What is species.
300
Vertebrate animals that have hair, give birth to live young, and produce milk for their young.
What are mammals.
300
Which animal is an invertebrate?
A) Shark
B) Dolphin
C) Squid
D) Tiger
What is C) Squid
300
Tissue that carries food from a plants leaves to the rest of the plant.
What is phloem.
300
Which of the following is an example of a gymnosperm?
A) Apple tree
B) Tomato plant
C) Fir Tree
D) Pumpkin plant
What is C) Fir Tree
400
Scientists classify living things based on
A) their role as prey or predator
B) where they live
C) their physical characteristics
D) their names
What is C) their physical characteristics
400
Give three examples of organisms belonging to the reptile group.
What are turtles, snakes, lizards, alligators, crocodiles, komono dragons, tortoises
400
Name three examples of invertebrate animals.
What are worms, sponges, jellyfish, cuttlefish, squid, octopus, insects, crabs, lobsters, spiders, snails, slugs, clams, oysters
400
Which statement about vascular plants is NOT true?
A) They have roots, stems and leaves
B) They are usually small
C) They have tissue that transports food and water
D) They use sunlight to make their own food.
What is B) They are usually small.
400
The 5 kingdoms of living things.
What are bacteria, protists, fungi, plants and animals.
500
Which two animals are the most closely related?
A) a moth and a bird
B) a tiger and a house cat
C) a snake and a worm
D) a lizard and a salamander
What is B) a tiger and a house cat
500
Explain why dolphins and giraffes are more closely related than dolphins and sharks.
Although dolphins and sharks both spend their entire lives in the ocean, dolphins are more closely related to giraffes than to sharks. This is because dolphins are warm blooded, give birth to live young and have lungs, not gills. Dolphins and giraffes are both mammals and therefore have more in common than dolphins and sharks.
500
A whale shark and a blue whale both have the word whale in their common name. Would a whale shark and a whale have the same words in their scientific names? Explain.
No they would not have the same word in their scientific names because the scientific name of an organism includes their genus and species. Blue whales are mammals and whale sharks are fish, so they do not belong to the same genus.
500
Which of the following is an example of a nonvascular plant?
A) Fern
B) Cactus
C) Moss
D) Oak Tree
What is C) Moss.
500
Which of the animal pairs below are most closely related?A) an elephant and a rabbit
B) a goldfish and a tadpole
C) a salamander and an alligator
D) an ostrich and a bat