Plant and Animal Classification Quiz

What is classification?

• The way animals live

• The way scientists group things

• The way that people interact with plants and animals

• A term to explain how animals reproduce

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are the two different ways to classify animals?

• Seed producers and non-seed producers

• Meat eaters and vegetable eaters

• Vertebrate and invertebrates

• Gills or lungs

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What are the two different ways to classify plants?

• Petals or cones

• Seed producers or non-seed producers

• Vertebrates or invertebrates

• Leaves or thorns

How do plants without seeds reproduce?

• Petals fall to the ground and spread pollen

• Plants spread weeds that produce more plants

• Plants without seeds cannot reproduce

• Plants have spores that can replicate the plants

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NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Mckenzie was waking in her neighborhood and noticed a beautiful blue plant. The plant had bright blue petals and little seeds in the center. Help Mckenzie classify this plant.

• Seed Producer

• Nonseed producer

How is a fish different from a jellyfish?

• A fish has a backbone

• A fish is in the animal kingdom

• A fish can reproduce

• A fish lives in water

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Amphibians show all of the following characteristics EXCEPT _____.

• being cold-blooded

• having scales

• laying eggs

• living on both land and in water

Tommy

was watching an animal outside his classroom window. He took these notes:

The animal has a backbone

It lives on land

It bears live young

It has hair

What is the classification for this animal?

• reptile

• bird

• mammal

• amphibian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Susan was watching an animal outside her classroom window. She took these notes:

The animal has a backbone

The animal has four legs and a long tail

The animal’s body is covered with scales

What is the classification for this animal?

• bird

• mammal

• reptile

• amphibian

All have wings but not all can fly.

• Mammal 
• Bird
• Fish
• Reptile