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classification of living things

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is one way you can classify a living thing

a)

plant and animal

b)

it's shape

c)

What they have in common

d)

color

2.

what do butterfly's and birds have in common

a)

wings

b)

antennae

c)

beak

d)

feathers

3.

what do humming birds and birds have in common

a)

wings

b)

feathers

c)

beaks

4.

what do humming birds do that other birds don't

a)

fly backwards

b)

collect nectar from flowers

c)

fly

5.

how would you classify a stork and a humming bird so they won't classified in the same group

(a)  

6.

A way to classify living things is (a)   and animal.

7.

what do dogs and cats have in common

a)

whiskers

b)

legs

c)

color

d)

size

8.

What is one way you can classify a flower and a dog

a)

plant and animal

b)

it's shape

c)

What they have in common

d)

color

9.

How can you classify a cardinal and a cat

a)

legs or no legs

b)

feathers or no feathers

c)

color

10.

how would you classify a cat and a tree

(a)  

11.

A way to classify living things is _____ ___ ______.

(a)  

12.

what do dogs and humans have in common

a)

they both have legs

b)

they are the same color

c)

they are the same size

13.

what do cats and humans have in common

a)

they both have legs

b)

they are the same color

c)

they are the same size

14.

how could you classify a plant and a flower

a)

petals or no petals

b)

size

c)

color

15.

how would you classify plants and animals? Draw what the table would look like

16.

Draw how you would classify plants and animals

17.

draw a table classifying a cardinal and a blue jay

18.

what would you classify a tree and a flower by

a)

size

b)

flower petals or not

c)

leaves

d)

color

19.

what would you classify a dog and cat by

a)

color

b)

whiskers or not

c)

size

d)

nothing

20.

How would you classify a squirrel a dog and a cat

a)

can they go on the ground

b)

color

c)

size

d)

nothing

21.

what are the top two levels in the classification pyramid

(a)  

22.

what is NOT a difference between a mouse and a rat?

a)

tail

b)

size

23.

are all living things part of the KINGDOM level of the classification pyrimid

a)

true

b)

false

24.

check a way that you can classify living things

a)

plant and animal

b)

butterfly or bird

c)

color

25.

a way to classify living things is (a)   and animal.

26.

what do butterflies and birds have in common?

a)

wings

b)

tail

c)

big body

d)

light

27.

how would you classify a hummingbird and a stork so that a stork is in one group and the hummingbird is in the other?

(a)  

28.

what do hummingbirds and birds have in common?

a)

wings

b)

beak shape

c)

feathers

29.

what do kiwis(the bird) and penguins have in common?

a)

beak shape

b)

flight situation

c)

habitat

d)

diet

30.

All the plants and animals are in the KINGDOM classification pyramid.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

you can't classify plants and animals by anything

a)

False

b)

True

32.

you can only classify plants nothing else

a)

true

b)

false

33.

What are the top 4 levels in the classification pyramid in order?

(a)  

34.

what are the TOP 2 levels on a classification pyramid?

a)

species

b)

domain, kingdom

c)

species, genus

d)

phylum, genus

35.

what is one way you can classify a living thing

(a)  

36.

you can only classify a living thing by color

a)

true

b)

false

37.

do you think you can classify living orginisms

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

maybe so