Classification of Animals and Plants

The main function of roots in plants is to...

• absorb water and nutrients from the soil

• produce food through photosynthesis

• support the plant structure

• store energy for growth

Plants that do not have specialized tissues to transport water and nutrients are called...

• Vascular plants

• Nonvascular plants

• Gymnosperms

• Angiosperms

Amphibians can live...

• only in water

• only on land

• in land and water

• in trees and bushes

The process by which plants make their own food using sunlight is called...

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Transpiration

• Fermentation

Animals without backbones are called...

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• mammals

• reptiles

True or False: All mammals lay eggs.

• True

• False

• Some mammals lay eggs

• Most mammals lay eggs

The outer covering of an animal's body is called its...

• Integumentary system

• Skeletal system

• Nervous system

• Circulatory system

All vertebrates have an...

• exoskeleton

• endoskeleton

• shell

• outer covering

The group of animals that includes insects, arachnids, and crustaceans is called...

• Mollusks

• Arthropods

• Annelids

• Echinoderms

True or False: All plants are autotrophs.

• True

• False

• Some plants are heterotrophs

• All plants can be carnivorous