Animal and Plant Classification

Animals are classified by either _________ or ___________.

• Vertebrate or invertebrate

• vascular or non-vascular

Plants are divided into two groups _____________ or _____________.

• vertebrate or invertebrate

• vascular or non-vascular

Fungi (a decomposer) gets its food from _________plantsand animals.

• soil

• invertebrate

• dead

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Plants that reproduce through ________, or cones must be pollinated by bees, birds, bats, or wind.

• seeds

• spores

• sponges

• cones

Other plants reproduce through ________, which are tiny cells that grow into a plant.

• seeds

• spores

• fungi

• cones

Why is a fern a vascular plant?

• It has tubes inside its stems.

• It has no tubes inside its leaves and stems.

• It grows from spores.

• It grows from seeds.

Do spore-producing plants like ferns and moss need bees to spread their pollen?

• Yes, because the pollen is needed for reproduction?

• 
  No, because they have no pollen to spread.

• 
  Yes, because they need to grow flowers

• 
  No, because they have no cones.

Which statement is true?

• 
  All plants must reproduce to survive

• All plants use pollen or cones to reproduce.

  
  

• 
  Most plants reproduce through spores

• All plants are nonvascular

Which animal is an invertebrate?

• whale

• lion

• snake

• jellyfish

Which statement is not true?

• A snake is an amphibian

• A cardinal bird is a bird

• A lizard is a reptile

• A horse is a mammal