8B Plants and Their Reproduction

Organisms are classified based on their... (Choose the BEST answer)

• Shape

• Colour

• Characteristics

• Names

The five largest 'groups' of organisms are called...

• Species

• Kingdoms

• Genuses

• Organisms

Which groups are examples of kingdoms?

• Animals

• Plants

• Fungi

• Protoctists

• Prokaryotes

"Organisms can be in different kingdoms and still be the same species"

• True

• False

"Common names" of organisms are created by...

• The gouvernment

• Scientists

• Regular people

• People who study plants

Two organisms have the same scientific name. They MUST have/be in the same

• Species

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Common name

How is biodiversity measured?

• The size of an area

• The number of organisms in an area

• The number of species in an area

• The amount of water in an area

Why is it important to maintain biodiversity?

• Areas with higher biodiversity will recover fast after disasters like droughts

• Organisms might produce substances that can help humans

• There will be more rocks in an area

• Areas with higher biodiversity make the sunlight stonger

Identify any advantages in using scientific names:

• Each kind of organism will only have a single name

• Local people know the scientific names of organisms in their area

• Scientists can tell the difference between organisms with the same common names

• Every organism will have a scientific name, but not every organism will have a common name

Children often look like their parents because they share some of the same 'traits'. These traits are ________ from the parents to the children

• given

• borrowed

• inherited

• DNA