What is a classification key?

A set of questions to help sort or identify living things

What does classification mean?

Sorting things into different groups

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Classification Quiz

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Quiz for year 5/6 on the topic of living things and their habitats (classification). #science #year6 #classification #livingthings #livingthingsandtheirhabitats #ks2 #nationalcurriculum

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1
What are the two levels of the Linnaean system used for naming?
Genus and Species
Domain and Kingdom
Species and Name
Kingdom and Phylum
2
Which of these is not a feature of a mammal?
Give birth to live young
Warm blood
Scaly skin
Hair or Fur
3
What is a classification key?
A set of questions to help sort or identify living things
A way of locating living things
Name given to a group of animals that all have a backbone
4
What is a carnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and meat
An animal that only eats plants
An animals that only eats meat
5
Which one of these is a feature of a reptile?
Dry skin
Feed their babies milk
Gills
Warm blood
6
NOT a microorganism?
Bacteria
Fungus
Virus
Ant
7
A warm blooded vertebrate which secretes milk for its young?
Amphibian
Bird
Reptile
Mammal
8
Which one of these microorganisms is helpful?
Penicillum
Mould
Athlete's foot
Influenza
9
Cold-blooded vertebrate whose young live in the water and adults on land?
Reptile
Insect
Amphibian
Fish
10
What are microorganisms?
Living things that are harmful
Very tiny living things
Very tiny animals
Non-living things
11
Which one of these is not one of the 5 types of vertebrate?
Insect
Mammal
Fish
Bird
12
Insects don't have a skeleton
FALSE
TRUE
13
Any animal without a backbone?
Invertebrate
Microorganism
Organism
Vertebrate
14
Which one of these is a type of fungus?
Influenza
Plaque on your teeth
Yeast
Common Cold
15
What does classification mean?
Looking at different animals
Sorting things into different groups
Giving things a name
Being a scientist
16
What were the two kingdoms that Aristotle created?
Humans and Animals
Plants and Animals
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Humans and Plants
17
Which of these is not one of the 5 kingdoms?
Monera
Canis
Fungi
Protista
18
Which of these is an amphibian?
Snake
Eel
Frog
Dolphin
19
What is the definition of a vertebrate?
A type of plant
An animal with a backbone
An animal with no backbone
All animals
20
What question could you ask to sort a worm from a snake?
Does it have a backbone?
Can it fly?
Does it have legs?
21
What is the animal kingdom divided into?
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Birds and animals
Mammals and reptiles
Humans and animals

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