Classification Year 7 Science Revision

The process of grouping objects that share features is called _________.

A vertebrate is:

• an animal with an external skeleton.

• an animal that has no backbone.

• an animal with a backbone.

• an animal that usually stands vertical

The name of the type of scientist who specializes in classifying living things is..

The level of classification that organisms must be in to be able to reproduce.

• Kingdom

• Order

• Species

• Genus

Match the following

• Class Amphibia

• Spend their life in water, body temp changes with the environment, have fins.

• Class Pisces

• Skin is covered in fine scales, they have lungs to breathe

• Class Aves

• Have feathers and lay eggs with a hard shell

• Class Mammalia

• Temperature changes with the environment, slimy to touch, lay eggs in water.

• Class Reptilia

• Have fur and a constant body temperature

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Invertebrates

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(b) Vertebrates

• Humans

• No Skeleton

• Lobsters

• Exoskeleton

• Backbone

• Insects

• Cats

• Endoskeleton

• Birds

• Spiders

Order the levels of classification from highest to lowest.

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

• Family

• Genus

Scientific names for animals are made up of

• Genus and Species

• Genus and Kingdom

• Order and Phylum

• Class and Family

Which animal is in the class Arachnida?

• Peacock Spider

• Peacock Fly

• Peacock Butterfly

• Peacock

Animals with an endoskeleton are classified under the phylum Chordata. Which animal has an endoskeleton?

• Peacock Spider

• Peacock Fly

• Peacock Butterfly

• Peacock