What does classification mean?

Sorting things into different groups

What is a classification key?

A set of questions to help sort or identify living things

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Mr. B's Classification Quiz

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

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

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