Grouping living things
What are the three groups of living things?
Plants
Animals
Other
Which of these is not a flowering plant?
Confier
Chilli plant
Mango tree
Conifer
A non-flowering plant can produce fruit. True or false?
False
What is the name we give to an animal with a backbone?
Vertebrates
Which of the following can make it's own food?
snail, worm, moss, starfish
Moss
What group can make their own food but cannot change place?
Plants
Give three examples of flowering plants
e.g.
banana plant, mango tree, chilli plant, hibiscus, rose, orchid
Cones
Which category does a salamander belong in?
Vertebrates - reptile
Which of these statements is correct?
1. All birds can fly
2. Dolphins are mammals
3. A bat is a type of bird
4. All mammals give birth to live young
2. Dolphins are mammals
What group cannot make their own food, but can move and change place?
Animals
If a plant grows fruit then it must be a flowering plant. True or false?
True
What does a fern use for reproduction?
Spores
Which animal does not belong in this group?
Penguin, ostrich, bat, owl
Bat - because it is a mammal
Which of these animals is a vertebrate?
Jellyfish, snail, crab, snake
Snake
Can you name some living things in the "other" category?
Mushrooms
Bacteria
Viruses
Mold
What are the two things the flowers produce?
(what do the flowers turn in to?)
Fruits
Seeds
What are the two ways non-flowering plants reproduce?
cones
spores
What type of animal is cold-blooded, has scaly skin and lives on land?
Reptile
Living things in which category help to decompose dead plants and animals?
Other - e.g. mushrooms
What is the process plants use to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
Name the two categories that we can split flowering plants in to
Monocots
Dicots
Which of these is a non-flowering plant?
Hibiscus, Orchid, Grass, Moss
Moss
What are the 5 types of vertebrates?
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Which animal has a backbone, breathes using it's lungs, has 2 legs and a beak, but cannot fly?
duck, penguin, pigeon, octopus
Penguin