Scientific Classification Quiz

How are plants sorted into groups according to the scientific classification procedures?

• Vertebrate and Invertebrate

• Seed producers and Non-seed producers

• Fish and Reptile

• Mammal and Bird

Ducks lay eggs, have feathers, and are warm blooded. To which group of animals do ducks belong?

• amphibians

• birds

• mammals

• reptiles

What are angiosperms?

• Flowering plants that produce seeds

• Non-flowering plants that produce seeds

• Spore-producing plants

• Fungus-producing plants

Which TWO questions should we ask when classifying plants?

• Do plants have leaves?

• From where do plants get energy?

• How does the plant reproduce (make other plants)?

• What organisms (living things) eat plants?

• How do plants deliver nutrients and materials inside of the plant?

Which question should we ask when trying to distinguish a mammal, such as a dog, from a reptile, such as a bearded-dragon?

• Does the organism have four limbs?

• Does the animal eat food?

• Does the animal have a backbone?

• Does the animal lay eggs?

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Which would be an example of a hereditary trait?

• practicing piano as a child

• something you learned after you were born

• how you respond to the environment

• something passed down from a parent

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Which would be an example of a learned behavior?

• a response to the environment

• something you were born with

• a hereditary trait

• inherited from your parents

Which trait could be inherited, or passed down from a parent to an offspring?

• taste in clothing

• language

• shape of nose

• favorite color

A bear will sometimes wander into state parks and dig into trashcans to find food. Which type of behavior is this?

• a learned behavior because the bear has learned that trashcans can be a source of food

• a learned behavior because bears have to learn to eat

• a behavior that the bear has learned from birth because a bear is born knowing that trashcans have food

• a behavior from birth because bears are born knowing exactly where trashcans are located

Which part is found in plant cells but not in animal cells?

• Nucleus

• Cytoplasm

• Chloroplasts

• Membrane