Classification Nation

They're Everywhere!
Cells, cells, cells
To Be Or Not To Be...
Rust, Rot...or Not
100

Has a cell wall

What is a plant cell?

100

Type of microorganism that yeast is

What is fungus?

100

The control center or "brain" of the cell

What is the nucleus?

100

Examples include eye color, hair texture, and height

What are inherited traits?

100

The formation of these indicates a new gas is produced

What are bubbles?

200

Cannot make their own food

What is an animal?

200

Bacteria can be both _______ and __________, depending on the type

What is harmful and beneficial?

200

The thin, flexible outer layer that controls what enters and leaves the cell

What is the cell membrane?

200

Behaviors that animals are born with and do not have to learn

What are inherited traits (or instincts)?

200

A unexpected rise in this often shows a chemical change has occurred

What is temperature?

300

Contain structures called chloroplast that contain a chemical called chlorophyll.

What is a plant?

300

Microorganism found in the ocean, like plankton

What is algae?

300

The jelly-like substance that fills the cell and surrounds the organelles

What is cytoplasm?

300

A behavior that helps an animal survive from the moment of birth, such as breathing.

What is instinct?

300

What state of matter has a definite volume but takes the shape of its container?

What is a liquid?

400

A turtle is classified as these two things

What is a reptile and a vertebrate?

400

Medicine that is actually derived from mold and is used as an antibiotic

What is Penicillin?

400

The green organelle where photosynthesis takes place

What is chloroplast?

400

A physical feature, like a scar, that is not passed down from parents

What is an acquired trait?

400

An example of a chemical change that happens inside your body

What is digestion?

500

What am I?  A Salamander

An amphibian

500

Fungal microorganism that causes skin disease-painful, circular red rash

What is ringworm?

500

All living things are made of these

What are cells?

500

You are looking at a photo of a family. List one example of an inherited trait and one example of an acquired trait they might have

Answers will vary

500

A combination of substances that do not change their physical properties

What is a mixture?