Vocabulary and Definitions Quiz

What does it mean to classify?

• To build something

• To sort into groups based on similarities

• To eat food

• To perform a specific job.

Invertebrates are animals that do not have a ____.

• Backbone

• Heart

• Brain

• Tail

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Which animals have a backbone?

• Invertebrates

• Vertebrates

• Organisms

• Nutrients

The purpose or role for which something is used is called its ____.

• Structure

• Function

• Organ

• Nutrient

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What is a structure?

• A) A part of something; how something is built and composed

• B) A chemical substance in food

• C) A collection of tissues

• D) Any living thing.

To survive means to ____.

• Stay alive

• Build a structure

• Classify organisms

• Consume nutrients.

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An organ is a collection of tissues that work together to ____.

• Stay alive

• Perform a specific job

• Sort into groups

• Consume food

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Nutrients are chemical substances found in food that an organism needs to ____.

• Build structures

• Survive

• Classify

• Perform jobs.

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What is an organism?

• A chemical substance

• A collection of tissues

• Any living thing like a plant, animal, bacteria, or fungus

• A part of something.