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Classification
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Other Organisms
Good Questions
100
Most specific level of classification.
species
100
Define vertebrate.
Animal with a backbone
100
Define invertebrate. And, which of the following is NOT an invertebrate: mollusk, worm, reptile, jellyfish.
An animal without a backbone. reptile.
100
How are plants and animals different?
Plants make their own food using sun, water, and CO2
100
What 2 reptiles share the characteristics that they have 4 legs?
Dinosaurs and lizards
200
Why do scientists classify?
To communicate with other scientists and to keep the information organized.
200
Name the 5 classes of vertebrates.
Birds, mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles
200
____________ is an animal that has jointed legs but no backbone.
arthropod
200
What reproduces using seeds and cones?
Conifers
200
Organisms in the archaebacteria and protists kingdoms are...
Neither plant nor animal
300
The correct order of the classification system is...
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
300
Name two characteristics of mammals.
Feed their young, mothers produce milk, warm-blooded, hair or fur.
300
List 3 characteristics of mollusks.
no backbone, soft body, and usually hard outer shell
300
What is the name of the organism that is beneficial for bakers? Why?
Fungi - yeast 
300
Describe a dichotomous key.
A series of yes/no qusetions to classify something
400
Name the 6 kingdoms of living things...
Animals Plants Protists Fungi Archaebacteria Eubacteria
400
How are amphibians different from all other classes of vertebrates?
Adults look nothing like their babies.
400
What animal is the largest invertebrate?
Giant Squid
400
What are 3 main characteristics used to classify mosses, conifers, ferns and flowering plants?
Whether they are: vascular, reproduce using seeds, produce flowers
400
3 characteristics that ALL animals share...
many cells (multicellular), get food by eating other organisms, they can move on their own during all or most of their lives.
500
What is archaebacteria?
Live as a single cell and do not need sunlight or oxygen
500
Tadpoles may be found in water and get their oxygen using gills. Why are tadpoles not classified as fish?
Fish spend their entire life in water and get their oxygen using gills their entire life. When a tadpole grows into a frog it lives on land and gets oxygen through lungs and skin.
500
Name an invertebrate that goes through COMPLETE metamorphosis.
Butterfly, moth, housefly
500
What is the reason for the classification system to continue to change?
Organisms are being discovered that may be difficult to put into a specific category.
500
Why does the classification system keep changing?
Newly found organisms may not easily be classified.