Classification

Which of the following characteristics is used when determining whether to place an animal in the vertebrate group or the invertebrate group?

• ability to walk on two legs

• presence of spinal cord

• method of respiration

• flow of blood through body

Organisms are classified into either plants or ______

• seed producers

• animals

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

What question can be used to sort fish, such as a bass, from amphibians, such as a frog?

• Does the organism use gills to breathe?

• Does the organism eat insects?

• Is the organism able to move around?

• Does the organism lay eggs?

Which of the following questions could we ask to distinguish a mammal, such a  monkey, from a reptile, such as a crocodile?

• Does the animal have four limbs?

• Does the animal lay eggs to reproduce?

• Does the animal consume food for energy?

• Does the animal have a backbone?

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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 aquatic larva and then transforming into an adult with lungs

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

any of the various warm blooded vertebrate animals characterized by a covering of hair on the skin

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

Plants are classified into ________ or non-seed producers.

• seed producers

• animals

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

_______ are animals with a backbone.

• seed producers

• animals

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

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