Plant & Animal Classification

Vertebrates that are warm blooded, have feathers and reproduce by laying eggs would be classified as

• reptile

• bird

• fish

• amphibian

Trees in the mid-west change colors and lose their leaves in the cooler parts of the year. What kinds of trees lose their leaves?

• deciduous

• nonvascular

• evergreen

• nonwoody

Blake and Brent are sorting plants into groups. They have two sets of groups labeled: vascular and non-vascular and flowing and non-flowering. They must place the moss into one of the groups. Blake says it goes in the non vascular group, Brent says it goes in the non-flowering group. Who is correct?

• Blake. Moss plants are non-vascular

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

• Brent. Moss plants do not have flowers or seeds.

• Neither of them is correct. Moss plants are vascualr and have flowers.

Seeds grow into plants. Some flowering plants produce fruits. What does the fruit contain?

• water

• roots

• seeds

• other plants

Kathy classified a list of trees into two groups. What two titles could be used for Groups 1 and 2?

Group 1: fir tree, spruce tree, pine tree

Group 2: dogwood tree, oak tree, maple tree

• Group 1: Needles

  Group 2: Leaves

• Group 1: Seed Producers

  Group 2: Non-Vascular

• Group 1: Flowering

  Group 2: Non-flowering

• Group 1: Taproots

  Group2: Fibrous Roots

Brooke made a list of organisms and classified them into two groups, What would be the best titles for these groups?

Group 1: fish, amphibians, reptile

Group 2: mollusks, arthropods, insects

• Group 1: Exoskeleton

  Group 2: Endoskeleton

• Group 1: Vertebrates

  Group 2: Invertebrates

• Group 1: Mammals

  Group 2: Invertebrates

• Group 1: Invertebrates

  Group 2: Endoskeleton

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Which two types of animals share these characteristics?

warm-blooded

four-chambered hearts

breathe with lungs

vertebrates

• fish and amphibians

• mammals and fish

• reptiles and birds

• birds and mammals

Which two types of animals share these characteristics?

cold-blooded

hatch from eggs

born with gills

• insect and fish

• amphibians and reptiles

• fish and amphibians

• reptiles and insects

Which list includes only plants classified as non-seed porducers?

• pine tree, carrot, tomato

• carrot, fern, tomato

• moss, fern, liverwort

• oak tree, moss, water lily

Sally classified a list of plants into two groups. What two titles could be used for Groups 1 and 2?

Group 1: moss, fern, liverwort

Group 2: pine tree, sunflower, cucumber

• Group 1: Non-vascular

  Group 2: Non-seed Producers

• Group 1: Non-seed Producers

  Group 2: Seed Producers

• Group 1: Seed Producers

  Group 2: Non-vascular

• Group 1: Vascular

  Group 2: Non-vascular