Revison - Year 7 Term 2 Revision Quiz

The system scientists use to classify things divides the Kingdoms into two groups. Name the two groups.

• Plants and Animals

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates

• Living and Non-living

• Mammals and Reptiles

Consider the following things: eucalyptus tree, water, paper, robot, leather belt, wombat, roast chicken, plastic chair. Classify each thing as living, non-living or dead.

• Living: eucalyptus tree, wombat; Non-living: water, paper, robot, plastic chair; Dead: leather belt, roast chicken

• Living: water, paper; Non-living: eucalyptus tree, wombat; Dead: robot, leather belt, roast chicken, plastic chair

• Living: robot, plastic chair; Non-living: eucalyptus tree, wombat; Dead: water, paper, leather belt, roast chicken

• Living: leather belt, roast chicken; Non-living: eucalyptus tree, wombat; Dead: water, paper, robot, plastic chair

A scientist needs to carefully select the characteristics that are used to classify organisms in a dichotomous key. For each of the characteristics listed below, consider if it is appropriate for use in a dichotomous key of birds.

• Eating Bird Seed

• a blue stripe above the eye

• a broken leg

• sitting on the ground

Which of the following is a characteristic of mammals?

• They lay eggs.

• They have feathers.

• They give birth to live young.

• They have scales.

What are the two main groups into which animals are divided?

• Mammals and Birds

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates

• Reptiles and Amphibians

• Fish and Mammals

Which class does a dolphin belong to, based on its characteristics?

• Reptiles

• Birds

• Mammals

• Fish

What is the main characteristic of vertebrates?

• They have no skeleton.

• They have a backbone.

• They have feathers.

• They have scales.

If a student has no shoes and no hair, who are they according to the dichotomous key?

• Cheng

• Ally

• Robert

• Sara

Which student is identified by having shoes, hair, and spikes?

• Mohammad

• George

• Juan

• Mag

Use the diagram of the owl with the mouse inside its belly and the wheat inside the mouse to create a food chain.

• Owl → Mouse → Wheat

• Wheat → Mouse → Owl

• Mouse → Owl → Wheat

• Owl → Wheat → Mouse