Question | Answer |
What is the process of grouping similar things together? | classification |
What is a major, large group of similar organisms? | kingdom |
What is a unique kind of living organism? | species |
What are the five kingdoms? | animals, plants, fungi, protists, bacteria |
Listing them in order from least specific to most specific, what are the categories into which scientists classify organisms? | kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
Within a kingdom, what is the largest group of organisms? | phylum |
If two animals belong to the same genus, are they more closely or less closely related than two animals that belong to a different genus and the same species? | more closely |
What is the main difference between members of the plant and animal kingdom? | a plant makes its own food |
Does moss have vascular tissue (tubes)? | no |
Do flowers have spores? | no |
Do ferns have spores? | yes |
What is an animal with a backbone? | vertebrate |
What is an animal without a backbone? | invertebrate |
Does an octopus have a backbone? | no |
Which group has the greatest number of animal species, vertebrates or invertebrates? | invertebrates |
Is a snake a vertebrate? | yes |
What does the function of a body part describe? | what it is used for or its purpose |
When I talk about the structure of a body part, what am I describing? | what it is made of |
One animal has a backbone and one does not. Can they share the same word in their scientific name? | no |