Classification Review

Which class of animals has the following list of characteristics?
·  Cold Blooded
·  Lays Eggs
· Bodies are covered with dry scales

• Reptiles
• Fish
• Amphibians
• Mammals

Which of the following features would be least likely to help you figure out which group an animal belongs?

• if the animal is warm or cold blooded
• if the animal has a backbone
  
• if the animal can move on its own from one place to another place
• if the animal can fly

Almost all animals fall into one of two groups. These groups are

• Mammals and amphibians
• a)  Vertebrates and Plants
• a)  Vertebrates and Invertebrates
• a)  Single cellular and multicellular

Vascular plants that produce flowers are
                                             .

• Angiosperms
• Gymnosperms
• Nonvascular
• Fungi

What is the difference between a reptile and an amphibian?

• An amphibian has a back bone and reptiles do not.
• An amphibian has adaptations for life on land and water and reptiles do not.
• A reptile has a back bone and amphibians do not.
• A reptile has adaptations for life on land and water and amphibians do not.

Why do scientists sort out all organisms into groups according to the similarities between them?

• Scientists sort organisms for the purpose of classification.
• Scientists sort organisms for the purpose of naming.
• Scientists sort organisms and call it dividing.
• Scientists do not need to sort organisms into similar groups.

Gymnosperms and angiosperms both  ______________.

• are nonvascular
• produce seeds
• produce fruit
• produce flowers

Which of the following is NOT true about vertebrates?

• Vertebrate bodies are more complex than those of invertebrates.
• There are many more invertebrates than vertebrate.
• Vertebrates can be divided into five classes.
• Vertebrates have no backbone.

There are                     classes of vertebrates.

• five
• six
• twelve
• two

Redwood trees can grow to be very tall. They can grow so tall because they are

• vascular.
• deciduous.
• nonvascular.
• flowering.