5th Grade Science - Classification

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

100

Explain how you could tell from an X-ray whether an animal is a vertebrate or an invertebrate.

You can see the bones in it's spine or backbone.

200

Which two groups of vertebrates are warm-blooded?

Mammals and birds

300

Which three groups of vertebrates are cold-blooded?

Amphibians, reptiles, and fish

400

Which is an invertebrate: frog, jellyfish, snake, or owl?

Jellyfish

500

List two functions or purposes of a backbone.

Protects your spinal cord, and helps with balance/moving.

Mammals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians

100

Name 2 characteristics of mammals.

Have hair/fur, have live births, feed their babies milk

200

Name 2 characteristics of birds.

Have feathers, breathe with lungs, lay eggs

300

Name 2 characteristics of fish.

Have gills to breathe, have scales, lay eggs

400

Name 3 characteristics of reptiles.

Have dry/scaly skin, live on land, lay eggs

500

Name 3 characteristics of amphibians.

Have moist skin, live on land and water, lay eggs

Vocabulary

100

What does it mean to classify?

To group together based on similar characteristics

200

An organisim's _____________ tell scienctists how to classify it.

Characteristics

300

What does it mean for an animal to be warm-blooded?

Can regulate their own body temperature. Has to constantly eat to do this

400

What does it mean for an animal to be cold-blooded?

Body temperature is controlled by the animal's surroundings. Eat less often than warm-blooded animals

500

Define vascular and non-vascular

Vascular plants have true stems, leaves, and roots. Non-vascular plants do not

Seed Producing Plants

100

Where are the seeds in a sunflower?

Under each of the small flowers in the center.

200

Pine trees produce seeds inside of a _______.

Cone

300

Name a vascular, seed-producing plant.

Corn, pine tree, flower

400

Where are the seeds on corn?

The seeds are the corn kernels themselves!

500

This powdery substance must move from one flower to another for seeds to form.

Pollen

Non-Seed Producing Plants

100

Name one way seed plants and non-seed plants differ.

One makes seeds, one does not

200

Which of these is a non-seed plant? fern, corn, sunflower, or pine tree?

Fern

300

Moss and fern both reproduce using ______.

Spores

400

Name a non-vascular, non-seed producing plant.

Moss

500

Name a vascular, non-seed producing plant

Fern