5th Grade Science Benchmark 2 Review

What is a vertebrate?

• no backbone

• has a backbone

• has an exoskeleton

Which organism is a vertebrate?

• spider

• worm

• jellyfish

• dog

What are invertebrates?

• no backbone

• has a backbone

• has an exoskeleton

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Which list below is made up of only invertebrates?

• worm, ostrich, slug

• birds, mammals, reptails

• salamander, starfish, shark

• slug, earthworm, ant, cnidarian

What does it mean to be a vascular plant?

• roots, stems, leaves

• grows on the soil

• needs no water

• does not have roots

Which plant is a vascular plant?

• moss

• lichen

• fern

• algea

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What is non-vascular?

• plants that have tubes

• plants that do not have tubes

• plants with roots, leaves, stems

• plants with flowers

Juan and Edward are sorting plants into groups. They have two sets of groups labeled:

vascular and non-vascular and flowering and non-flowering.

They must place the moss plant, seen here, into one of the groups. Juan wants to sort the moss into non-vascular,

but Edward says it is non-flowering.

Who is correct?

• Juan. Moss plants are very tiny and are non-vascular.

• 
  Neither boy. Moss plants are vascular, flowering plants.

• Both boys. Moss are non-vascular and non-flowering plants.

• Edward. Moss plants do not have flowers or seeds. They have spores.

Which plant would BEST fit is spot A

on this plant classification diagram?

• 
  

• algea

• rose bush

• royal fern

• white pine tree

What are traits?

• the passing of traits from parent to offspring

• everything that surrounds us

• inherited characteristics that are passed down from generation to generation

• how an organism acts or responds

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