F2:1.2 CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS

Choose two common characteristics for fish and amphibians.

• poikilotherm

• homeothermic

• external fertilisation

• moist skin

Diagrams shows three types of animals. Choose two common characteristics of the following animals.

• Segmented body

• Have moist skin

• Breathe through nose

• Have no backbone

Which of the following is not a characteristic of maize plant?

• Have fibrous root

• Have soft stem

• Dicotyledons

• Leaf has parallel vein

Which group consists of all invertebrates?

• Scorpion, centipede, grasshopper, toad

• Cockroach, snail, earthworm, spider

• Millipede, housefly, lizard, beetle

• Turtle, frog, pigeon, rabbit

Mushrooms cannot make their own food through photosynthesis because they do not

• have nuclei in the cells.

• have chlorophyll.

• have true roots.

• bear flowers.

Choose two animals that have the same characteristics as the salamander.

• Tadpole

• Lizard

• Frog

• Toad

Tick two correct statements about the common characteristics of amphibians.

• Cold-blooded

• Breathe using gills at adult stage

• Undergo external fertilisation

• Body is covered with scales

Which animal is NOT cold-blooded?

• a fish

• a mammal

• a reptile

• an amphibian

How are animals that have backbones classified?

• as vertebrates

• as invertebrates

• as insects

• as jellyfish

Cold-blooded animals body temperature fluctuates, whereas warm-blooded animals body temperature stays constant.

• True

• False