Inheritance and Classification Review

Which of the following is a vertebrate?

• Lobster

• Catfish

• Snail

• Squid

In which group does this mosquito belong?

• Group 1

• Group 2

• Group 4

• Group 3

It is your job to group these four animals based on like features. You put the alligator into one group, reptiles. The other three animals go into the group mammals. What is the BEST way to divide the mammals into two smaller groups?

• by what they eat

• By their age

• By their weight

• By the number of legs

Scientists classify animals and sort them into groups, vertebrates and invertebrates. How do scientists classify humans?

• vertebrates and Mammals

• Invertebrates and insects

• Invertebrates and mammals

• vertebrates and fish

Mrs. Stern listed characteristics for two groups of animals. What would be the best titles for these groups?

Group 1:

produce milk

have hair/fur

vertebrates

Group 2:

cold-blooded

breathe through gills

vertebrates

• Group 1: Birds

  Group 2: Mammals

• Group 1: Birds

  Group 2: Insects

• Group 1: Mammals

  Group 2: Fish

• Group 1: Amphibians

  Group 2: Reptiles

Juan and Edward are sorting plants into groups. They have two sets of groups labeled: vascular and non-vascular and flowering and non-flowering.

They must place the moss plant, seen here, into one of the groups. Juan wants to sort the moss into non-vascular, but Edward says it is non-flowering.

Who is correct?

• Neither boy. Moss plants are vascular, flowering plants.

• Juan. Moss pants are very tiny and are non-vascular.

• Both boys. Moss are non-vascular and non-flowering plants.

• Edward. Moss plants do not have flowers or seeds. They have spores.

Your teacher has asked the class to sort plants into groups. This is the plant you must classify. You are stumped, because your plant could be sorted into several groups.

Which group or groups does your plant belong in?

• nonvascular, seeds, and needles

• vascular and needles

• vascular, seeds, and needles

• seeds and needles

The three plants seen here can be sorted into two groups. One way to sort the plants is to put plant A. and B. in one group and plant C. in another. What labels would you use for the two groups?

• land and water

• tall or short

• seeds or spores

• nonvascular and vascular

Plants like the ones shown in the picture, that use seeds, flowers, or fruit for reproduction are

• invertebrates.

• nonflowering,

• flowering.

• vertebrates.

Sally is sorting plants into groups. She labels her groups as vascular and non-vascular. What plants can Sally sort into the vascular group?

• B

• C

• A and B

• A, B, and C