WorksheetsScience: Classifications
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 36mins
When sea turtles hatch on beaches, how do they know to crawl to the ocean?
learned behavior
instinct
inherited trait
aquired trait
Which of the following is NOT an invertebrate?
squid
octopus
jellyfish
snake
How would you classify all the following plants?
oak tree
sunflowers
grass
nonvascular
vascular
angiosperms
gymnosperms
What type of vertebrate is a bat?
fish
bird
mammal
reptile
What type of vertebrate first lives in water then develops lungs to live on land?
amphibian
reptile
fish
mammal
Blue eye, brown hair, and freckles are all _________________.
acquired traits
inherited traits
learned behavior
instrictive behavior
How are gymnosperms different from angiosperms?
Gymnosperms grow close to the ground and angiosperms grow tall.
Gymnosperms produce seeds in cones and angiosperms produce seeds in flowers.
Gymnosperms reproduce with spores and angiosperms reproduce with seeds.
Gymnosperms reproduce with flowers and angiosperms reproduce with cones.
Which of the following are instinctive behaviors?
birds flying south in winter
riding a skateboard
spiders spinning a web
butterflies spinning a cocoon
squirrels coming to a birdfeeder to eat
What do vascular plants that nonvascular plants to not have?
seeds
cones
flowers
tubes
Which of the following are inherited traits?
blonde hair
learning to read
cooking french fries
eye color
how tall you are
What do all vertebrates have that invertebrates do not have?
warm blooded
backbones
fur
tails
An 11-year-old girl with green eyes and red hair plays the piano. Which of the following characteristics is an example of a learned behavior?
playing the piano
having red hair
having green eyes
being 11 years old
A rosebush has thorns. Those thorns are an inherited trait that comes from–
the parent plants of the rosebush.
the soil in which the rosebush grows.
the sunlight absorbed by the rosebush.
the climate in which the rosebush lives.
Which of these is a learned trait that a bear could acquire during its lifetime?
Having an excellent sense of smell.
Hibernating during the winter.
Growling when there is danger.
Taking food from human campsites.
A cold-blooded vertebrate with fins and gills that lives in water.
amphibian
fish
reptile
mammal
Clara made a list of organisms and classified then into two groups. What would be the best titles for these groups?
Group 1: fish, amphibian, reptile
Group 2: mollusks, arthropods
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Seed producers and vertebrates
Seed producers and invertebrates
Vertebrates and non-seed producers
Which of the following contains the largest group of organisms?
vertebrates
invertebrates
Which of the following best describes a mammal?
An invertebrate that breathes using gills and does not reproduce
A vertebrate that only lays eggs
An invertebrate that has fur
A vertebrate that has fur and typically produces milk for young
Based on the chart above, which of the following would be classified as a vertebrate?
grasshopper
jellyfish
iguana
spider
The organism in the photo would be best classified as
a vascular plant
a nonvascular plant
an invertebrate
a vertebrate
