Classifying Animals

Classifying Animals

What is a testable question?

A testable question has a specific answer that we can find using an investigation.

It is NOT an opinion.

It is NOT something you can just look up.

There is a way we can measure and SEE the results.

Multiple Choice

What would NOT be a testable question about fidget spinners?

• Which brand of fidget spinner spins the longest?

• Which is the best fidget spinner?

• Which number of arms makes the fidget spinner spin the fastest?

• Which color fidget spinner spins the longest?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to spin the fidget spinner more than once in each position?

• More fidgeting, more fun!

• Because this is a step in the scientific method

• So that I can make a data chart and graph

• To make sure my data is valid and not just a one time occurrence

Multiple Choice

Which would be a good data chart for my experiment?

Multiple Choice

Mrs. Marks really likes the light up fidget spinner but also the really quiet one. She decides to use the light up one for the horizontal trials and the diagonal trials and the quiet one for the vertical trials. What is wrong with her experiment?

• She should use 3 types of fidget spinners.

• She should have less materials.

• She should make a graph and a data chart.

• She should only use one kind of fidget spinner.

Open Ended

Based on Mrs. Marks’ data chart, what conclusion can she make?

Multiple Choice

What are the two main groups into which we classify all animals?

• male and female

• vertebrates and invertebrates

• skeleton and exoskeleton

• land and sea

Open Ended

What does it mean to classify living things?

Multiple Choice

Most of the animals in the world are ___________.

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

Multiple Choice

An animal is cold-blooded, has four legs, breaths with lungs, and lays eggs. This animal would be classified as:

• a mammal

• a fish

• a reptile

• an amphibian

Multiple Choice

An animal is cold-blooded, has four legs, breaths through its skin, and lays eggs. This animal would be classified as:

• a mammal

• a fish

• a reptile

• an amphibian

Multiple Choice

An animal is warm-blooded, has four legs, breaths with lungs, and has live birth. This animal would be classified as:

• a mammal

• a fish

• a reptile

• an amphibian

Multiple Choice

Why are grasshoppers and spiders classified as arthropods?

• they both have stinging cells

• they both have a muscular foot

• they both have exoskeletons and lay eggs

• they both have backbones