Chapter 3

What does it mean to classify living things?

• To feed and care for them

• To arrange living things into groups based on their properties or characteristics

• To draw pictures of them

• To teach them new behaviors

Which pair correctly describes genus and species?

• Genus is a single organism; species is a group of related organisms

• Genus is a group of closely related living things; species is a group that can mate and produce offspring that can also produce offspring

• Genus is where an organism lives; species is what it eats

• Genus is a behavior; species is a body part

Plants with tubelike structures that transport water and nutrients are called what?

• Nonvascular plants

• Vascular plants

• Conifers

• Mosses

Which statement best describes nonvascular plants?

• They have flowers and cones

• They pass water and nutrients from cell to cell and do not have tubelike structures

• They have thick trunks for support

• They reproduce only with seeds

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Which is a correct example of a flowering vascular plant that produces seeds?

• Daffodils

• Mosses

• Ferns

• Bamboo spores

Conifers, such as pine and red cedar, are classified as vascular plants that make seeds. What do they have instead of flowers?

• Spores

• Cones

• Tubelike roots

• Leaves with brown dots

Which plant type forms spores in cases on the underside of leaves, often seen as brown dots or streaks?

• Flowering plants

• Conifers

• Vascular plants like ferns

• Nonvascular mosses only

Which statement best describes vertebrates?

• Animals without backbones

• Animals with backbones

• Animals that live only in water

• Animals with exoskeletons

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Fish usually have which characteristic?

• Feathers and warm-blooded bodies

• Smooth skin and lungs

• Scales and gills

• Hair or fur and milk

Which feature helps most fish get oxygen?

• Lungs

• Gills

• Exoskeleton

• Pores