Classifying Plants and Animals

Which sentence is correct?

• Plants live in water, and animals do not.

• Animals reproduce and plants do not.

• Plants make their own food, and animals do not.

• Plants have body parts that let them move, and animals do not.

Which two parts do flowering plants use to reproduce?

• cones and spores

• stems and leaves

• flowers and seeds

• flowers and spores

Which of these plants reproduce with spores?

• oak trees

• cotton plants

• wildflowers

• mosses

Seeds can form in

• cones and flowers.

• cones and spores.

• flowers and spores.

• flowers and leaves.

What kind of organism is a daisy? Explain your answer.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Which of these animals is a vertebrate?

• spider

• snail

• worm

• cat

Look at the two groups of animals below. How are they grouped?

Group A: Frog, salamander, newt

Group B: Turtle, snake, lizard

• vertebrates and invertebrates

• mammals and reptiles

• amphibians and reptiles

• reptiles and fish

Some but not all invertebrates

• have backbones.

• have shells.

• have no backbone.

• can make their own food.

What kind of organism is a fox? Explain your answer.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2