Animal Classifications
What is the primary characteristic that differentiates vertebrates and invertebrates?
What are the two types of seed producing plants?
Angiosperms and Gymnosperms
What is the microscopic part of all living beings called?
Cells
A student looks at a picture and states that there are three people in the picture. Is this an observation or an inference?
Observation
Which two classes of animals are identified by the scales that cover their bodies?
Reptiles and Fish
What are plants that reproduce using spores called?
Non-Seed Producing Plants
What part of all cells contain DNA and controls the operations and growth of a cell?
Nucleus
Mr. Thorp states that the food he is eating is salty. Is he making an observation or an inference?
Observation
What are three identifying characteristics of amphibians?
Cold Blooded, Moist Skin, Lay Eggs, Lungs, Start life in water and then move to land
How do ferns reproduce?
Spores
What organelle is semi-permeable and controls what can and cannot enter the cell? This includes things such as water, nutrients, waste, and keeping out bacteria.
Cell membrane
A teacher sees a student spit out the milk that she just drank. When the teacher then tells the cafeteria worker that the milk is rotten, is this an observation or an inference?
Inference
What are the only two classes of animals that are warm blooded?
Mammals and Birds
What type of plant will not have leaves or seeds and is most likely to be found on moist rocks or trees?
Moss
Which part of the cell is responsible for completing photosynthesis by absorbing sunlight and creating food for the cell?
Chloroplast
What are the five ways that someone could make an observation?
Sight, Hearing, Smell, Taste, Touch
A student was at the zoo and saw an animal that had scales and gills. How is this animal most likely to give birth?
Laying Eggs
Angiosperms are seeds that produce in flowers (then fruits) and Gymnosperms are seeds within cones
What are the two organelles that could be observed in a microscope that would allow a scientist to know they are looking at an animal cell?
Chloroplasts and Cell Wall
When a student looks out his window, he sees that the grass is moist. What is one inference he can make based off this?