5th Grade Classifying Organisms Flashcards

1

Can all birds fly?

False
True

2

What makes a dichotomous key a useful tool?

classifying unknown animals with questions
classifying unknown animals without questions
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identifying unknown organisms without questions

3

Which animal group includes cold-blooded vertebrates that have dry, scaly skin?

mammals
reptiles
mollusks
amphibians

4

What classification is after phylum?

kingdom
Class
family
order

5

Animals are multicellular?

True
False

6

What is the general, and therefore the largest classification?

kingdom
species
phylum
domain

7

What is a group of similar organisms within a kingdom?

kingdom
order
phylum
species

8

Which animal group has mostly live births?

reptiles
amphibians
arthropods
mammals

9

What do sea jellies, earthworms and spiders have in common?

no backbone
eight legs
backbone
have a stinger

10

What is one of the four main groups in the domain Eukarya?

species
kingdom
class
phylum

11

What two characteristics might scientist consider when classifying animals?

who their parents are and how old they are
how long they live and what color they are
how they move and what they eat
how long their legs are and how they sleep

12

What do most vertebrates have in common?

backbone
no backbone

13

What are the 5 classes of vertebrates?

fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, arthropods
fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles
fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, jellies
fish amphibians, birds, mammals, worms

14

Sea Stars have a vertebrate?

True
False

15

What are the four kingdoms of Eukarya?

protist, fungi, animals, phylum
protist, fungi, animals, order
protist, fungi, animals, kingdom
protist, fungi, animals, plants

5th Grade Classifying Organisms

Questions 15

5th Grade Classifying Organisms

Questions 15