Classifying Organisms

Classifying Organisms

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I can classify organisms by their characteristics.

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Multiple Choice

_______ are the smallest units of life because they grow, reproduce, respond, and use energy.

• atoms

• elements

• cells

• all of the above

Multiple Choice

This part of the cells controls what moves in and out

• cell wall

• cell membrane

• Cytoplasm

• organelles

Multiple Choice

Which part of the cell is often called "the brain of the cell"?

• nuclear membrane
• endoplasmic reticulum
• nucleus
• ribosomes

Multiple Choice

I am only found in a plant cell. What am I?

• cell wall
• cell membrane

• cytoplasm
• chloroplast

Multiple Choice

Plants and animal cells both have a nucleus.

• True
• False

Multiple Choice

What structures distinguish a plant cell from an animal cell?

• Plant cells have cell walls and ribosomes.
• Plant cells have cell walls and chloroplasts.
• Plant cells have chloroplasts and ribosomes.
• Plant cells have chloroplasts and mitochondria.

Multiple Choice

A _______ plant has true roots, stems and leaves.

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

What is an organism?

An individual plant, animal, or single-celled life form.

I can classify organisms by their characteristics.

Why is it important to classify them?

So we can understand their differences and similarities.

Let's watch a video on vascular and nonvascular plants!

Most plants are vascular plants.

• They have special tissues that transport food and water.

• Examples: trees, ferns, and flowering plants. ​

Vascular Plants

• ​They do not have special tissues to transport food and water.

• They are usually found close to the ground.

• Examples: moss, liverworts, and hornworts. ​

Nonvascular Plants

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Plants can be classified as vascular or nonvascular.

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Let's watch a video on invertebrates and vertebrates!

Animals that have backbones.

• Examples: fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals.​

Vertebrates

Invertebrates

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Animals can be classified as vertebrates or invertebrates

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Animals that do not have backbones.

• Examples: insects, spiders, worms, jellyfish, and octopuses.

Let's work, work, work on classifying organisms!

Multiple Choice

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

Multiple Choice

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

Multiple Choice

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

Multiple Choice

Which gets water directly from their environment?

• Vascular Plants
• Nonvascular Plants

Multiple Choice

Which are small and grow close to the ground?

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

Multiple Choice

What do you call the additional layer around the outside of plant cells that is made from cellulose that protect and give shape?

• Cell Wall

• Chloroplast

• Cell Membrane

• Golgi Complex

Multiple Choice

Plant cell structures that turn energy from sunlight into food.

• Cell Wall
• Mitochondria
• Chloroplast
• Cytoplasm

Multiple Choice

The basic unit of life is called a (n)

• atom
• compound
• cell
• energy