Classification

An animal's qualities are listed below:

ANIMAL'S QUALITIES

● Moist skin

● Has four legs

● Lays eggs

● Breathes with lungs and gills

● Cold blooded

What type of animal is described in the box?

• amphibian

• fish

• mammal

• reptile

• bird

A biologist observes that a plant specimen has

no true roots, stems, or leaves. What term would

she use to describe this plant?

• vascular

• flowering

• wilted

• non-vascular

Which of the following organisms is a vertebrate?

• insect

• sponge

• monkey

• earthworm

What trait do all mammals share?

• walk upright

• have an opposable thumb

• have large brains

• nurse their young with milk

Which vertebrate is ectothermic (cold-blooded)?

• cat

• chicken

• human

• lizard

Which term describes an animal without a

backbone?

• chordate

• invertebrate

• protozoan

• vertebrate

Although the bald cypress tree loses its leaves in

the winter, its seeds are similar to evergreen pine

trees. How are bald cypress and pine tree seeds

similar?

• They are found in bulbs.

• They are found in cones.

• They are found in fruits.

• They are found in shells.

Which of the following plants produces spores?

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Which of the following organisms lack vascular

tissue?

• mosses

• whisk ferns

• pine trees

• flowering plants

The picture above shows a cherry tree

What do cherry trees produce that helps

scientists classify them?

• flowers and cones

• flowers and seeds

• leaves and spores

• leaves and spores

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