Classification of Animals and Plants

Which of the following characteristics is used when determining whether to place an animal in the vertebrate group or the invertebrate group?

• Ability to walk on two legs

• Presence of a spinal cord

• Method of respiration (lungs or gills)

• Flow of blood through the body

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A cold-blooded vertebrate with fins and gills that lives in water.

• Amphibian

• Vertebrate

• Mammal

• Fish

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Clara made a list of organisms and classified then into two groups. What would be the best titles for these groups?

Group 1: fish, amphibian, reptile

Group 2: mollusks, arthropods

• Vertebrates and invertebrates

• Seed producers and vertebrates

• Seed producers and invertebrates

• Vertebrates and non-seed producers

The image above is an example of a(n)

• amphibian

• invertebrate

• mammal

• reptile

Which of the following best describes a mammal?

• An invertebrate that breathes using gills and does not reproduce

• A vertebrate that only lays eggs

• An invertebrate that has fur

• A vertebrate that has fur and typically produces milk for young

Based on the chart above, which of the following would be classified as a vertebrate?

• Grasshopper

• Iguana

• Jellyfish

• Spider

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The organism in the photo would be best classified as

• a vascular plant

• a nonvascular plant

• an invertebrate

• a vertebrate

___________________ are plants that produce flowers.

• Non-Vascular
• Invertebrates
• Gymnosperms
• Angiosperms

Vascular plants have tubes that carry ____________ and ____________ to the rest of the plant.  

• water and nutrients
• blood and water
• blood and nutrients
• chlorophyll and water

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What is the difference between an animal and a plant?

• Animals make their own food and plants do not.
• Plants make their own food and animals do not.
• Animals reproduce and plants do not.
• Plants reproduce and animals do not. 

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