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Ch. 1 Classifying Organisms

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How are plants different from fungi?
a)
Plant cells have cell walls
b)
Plants are multicellular
c)
Plant cells have a nucleus
d)
Plants can make their own food
2.
Which group of animals are vertebrates?
a)
cnidarians
b)
amphibians
c)
arthropods
d)
echinoderms
3.
What reproductive structures do gymnosperms produce?
a)
 flowers
b)
cones
c)
spores
d)
fruit
4.
Which singled-celled organisms do not have nuclei?
a)
bacteria      
b)
 invertebrates     
c)
protists
d)
algae
5.
How do fungi obtain food?
a)
They use the Sun to make their own food.
b)
They absorb nutrients from the environment
c)
They eat other organisms
d)
They are filter feeders
6.
Mosses are examples of what kind of plants?
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms
c)
nonvascular
d)
vascular 
7.
Plants that produce flowers and fruits are
a)
angiosperms
b)
gymnosperms         
c)
cycads
d)
algae
8.
Animal-like protists are called…
a)
 algae
b)
mosses
c)
 mammals
d)
protozoa
9.
Animals with backbones are called…
a)
invertebrates
b)
protists
c)
vertebrates
d)
angiosperms
10.
All living organisms belong to one of six ______________ 
a)
phylum
b)
orders
c)
species
d)
kingdoms
11.
A tool used to identify organisms based on contrasting pairs of characteristics is called a
a)
harmonious key      
b)
dichotomous key
c)
microscope
d)
diatom
12.
Plants with tube-like structures for transporting water and nutrients are classified as
a)
vascular plants
b)
monocots
c)
nonvascular plants
d)
dicots
13.
Which have been present the longest on Earth? 
a)
archaebacteria      
b)
protozoa      
c)
eubacteria
d)
 algae
14.
Organisms with nuclei in their cells, that are neither plants, animals, nor fungi, belong to this group
a)
bacteria
b)
viruses
c)
mushrooms
d)
protists
15.
Fish and snakes are examples of _______________ animals
a)
cold-blooded
b)
warm-blooded        
c)
 invertebrates
d)
amphibious
16.
a matching form on both sides of an organism
a)
ampibians
b)
cnidarians
c)
symmetry
d)
vertebrates
17.
animals that usually need to live close to water, but do not spend their entire lives in water.
a)
amphibians
b)
cnidarians
c)
symmetry
d)
vertebrates
18.
organisms that have a series of bones joined together with a flexible material called cartilage
a)
cnidarians
b)
invertebrates 
c)
symmetry
d)
vertebrates
19.
organisms whose body forms have radial symmetry, mouths and the ability to eat food.
a)
amphibians
b)
cnidarians
c)
symmetry
d)
vertebrates
20.
Both jellyfish and coral are examples of...
a)
cnidarians
b)
amphibians
c)
symmetry
d)
omnivores
21.
__________ have jointed parts that extend from the body.
a)
cnidarians
b)
worms
c)
arthropods
d)
amphibians
22.
Mammals and birds are examples of...
a)
cold-blooded animals
b)
warm-blooded animals
c)
reptiles
d)
fish
23.
fish, reptiles, amphibians are examples of....
a)
warm-blooded animals
b)
cold-blooded animals
c)
mammals
d)
birds