Science - Organs and Structures of Plants and AnimalsDay One

Science - Unit N Day One

SC.5.L.14.2: Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support—some with internal skeletons, others with exoskeletons—while some plants have stems for support.

​TODAY’S TARGET: Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

Multiple Choice

An animal is found that gives birth to its young by laying eggs. The animal breathes using lungs, has four legs and a tail, and is covered with scales. This animal is most likely a:

• mammal

• bird

• reptile

• fish

Classification of Living Things

​An organism is any living thing.

Some living things have one cell, such as a bacteria. Some living things have many cells, such as plants and animals. All plants and animals are organisms with more than one cell. Scientists classify organisms into major groups. The first group are those with one cell and those with many cells.

Multiple Choice

All plants and animals are organisms with ___________.

• one cell

• n

• more than one cell

​Plants are organisms able to make their own food from sunlight, water, and air. Plants are called producers, because they produce their own food.

​Organisms with many cells can be classified as plants, animals, and several other categories.

​Animals are organisms than cannot produce their own food. Animals must consume other living things for food, and are called consumers.

Multiple Select

There are three types of consumers. What are they? Click on all three.

• herbivore

• spores

• carnivores

• omnivores

Animals are classified first into two group: vertebrates and invertebrates.

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A vertebra is one of the bones that makes up an animals backbone.​

Multiple Choice

A vertebra is one of the __________ that makes up an animals backbone.

• tissues

• bones

• structures

• animals

​Vertebrates are animals with a backbone.

​Invertebrates do not have a backbone.

Multiple Choice

What is a dragonfly?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

Multiple Choice

What is a hamster?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

Multiple Choice

What is a ant?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

Multiple Choice

What is a fish?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

​Animals can be also classified into major groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and arthropods.

Multiple Choice

Name the groups that we use to classify vertebrate animals

• Goats, Sharks, Amphibians, and Panda's

• Reptiles and Mammals

• Mammal, Fish, Reptile, Amphibian, and Bird

Multiple Choice

Which group of animals are warm blooded?

• Birds and Mammals

• Reptiles and Amphibians

• Mammals and Fish

Multiple Select

Check all the animal groups that are cold blooded

• Reptile

• Mammal

• Amphibian

• Fish

• Bird

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a characteristic of an arthropod?

• They have feathers.

• They have fur or hair.

• They have an exoskeleton.

• They have a backbone.

Multiple Choice

Which animal group lives part of its life on land and part in water?

• Reptiles

• Fish

• Amphibians

Multiple Choice

Which animal groups hatch from eggs?

• Only Birds

• Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, and Fish

• Mammals and Reptiles

Multiple Choice

Where can you find arthropods?

• in the ocean

• on land

• in the air

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

An animal is found that gives birth to its young. The animal breathes using gills, has fins and a tail, and is covered with scales. This animal is most likely a:

• mammal

• bird

• reptile

• fish

Multiple Select

Select the characteristics that apply to mammals.

• All mammals walk, run or climb.

• Some mammals can fly, some mammals can swim and some mammals can run or climb.

• All mammals breathe with their lungs.

• All female mammals produce milk to feed their young.

• Only land mammals produce milk to feed their young.

Multiple Choice

What is the hard structure that covers an arthropod's body?

• the abdomen

• the thorax

• a jointed leg

• the exoskeleton