Classification

Scientists classify plants and animals into groups in order to easily identify, sort, and __________________.

• Name them

• Grow them

• Hunt them

• Harvest them

_____________________ are living things that make their own food.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

_____________________ are living things that eat other living things for energy.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

_____________________ are living things that breakdown the remains of dead organisms to feed on them.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

___________________ are animals that have a backbone (spine).

• Fungi

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

• Protists

Which of the following is not a group of vertebrates?

• Mammals

• Birds

• Fish

• Fungi

How are mammals different than the other groups of vertebrates?

• They lay eggs.

• They have gills.

• They live underwater.

• They give birth to live babies.

Which of the following groups are warm-blooded?

• Mammals and Birds

• Mammals and Reptiles

• Fish and Reptiles

• Amphibians and Birds

Which of the following groups have fur?

• Mammals

• Birds

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

Which of the following groups have feathers?

• Mammals

• Birds

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Amphibians