Plant and Animal Classification

An organism with a backbone

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

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A cold-blooded vertebrate with fins and gills that lives in water.

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

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Any of various cold-blooded, usually smooth-skinned vertebrates, characteristically hatching as an aquatic larva with gills and then transforming into an adult having air-breathing lungs.

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

Clara made a list of organisms and classified then into two groups. What would be the best titles for these groups?

Group 1: fish, amphibian, reptile

Group 2: mollusks, arthropods

• Vertebrates and invertebrates

• Seed producers and vertebrates

• Seed producers and invertebrates

• Vertebrates and non-seed producers

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Which of the following contains the largest group of organisms?

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

Organisms are typically classified into groups based on

• features they have in common (the same)

• if they are dead or alive

• only if the produced seeds or not

• only if they have backbones or not

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Which of the following would be a synonym (word with the same of similar meaning) as classify?

• add

• delete

• group

• remove

The image above is an example of a(n)

• amphibian

• invertebrate

• mammal

• reptile

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Which of the following are classifications of plants?

• Vertebrate and invertebrate

• seed producer and non-seed producer

• mammal and reptile

• none of the above