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Chapter 2
Grade 5 Life Science Chapter 2
| 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 |