Classifying living things
Grade 6: vertebrates and invertebrates, the five vertebrate groups, plants and fungi kingdoms, using a branching key, features used to classify.
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What do we call animals that have a backbone?
- Arthropods
- Invertebrates
- Molluscs
- Vertebrates
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VertebratesWhich of these animals is an invertebrate?
- Frog
- Salmon
- Snail
- Sparrow
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SnailMost animals on Earth are invertebrates. (True or false?)
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TrueWhich vertebrate group has feathers and lays eggs?
- Amphibians
- Birds
- Mammals
- Reptiles
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BirdsWhich vertebrate group has dry scaly skin and lays eggs on land?
- Amphibians
- Fish
- Mammals
- Reptiles
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ReptilesWhich vertebrate group starts life in water with gills and later breathes air with lungs?
- Amphibians
- Birds
- Mammals
- Reptiles
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AmphibiansName the vertebrate group whose young feed on milk from their mother. (Answer out loud)
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MammalsWhich kingdom do mushrooms belong to?
- Animals
- Fungi
- Insects
- Plants
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FungiPlants make their own food using light, but fungi do not. (True or false?)
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TrueWhich group of plants reproduces using spores, not seeds?
- Conifers
- Ferns
- Flowering plants
- Grasses
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FernsIn a branching key, what does each branch point usually ask?
- A measurement in metres
- A yes or no question
- The animal's age
- The animal's name
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A yes or no questionA key asks 'Does it have wings?' What is the answer for a dog? (Answer out loud)
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NoWhich feature is best for sorting animals into vertebrates and invertebrates?
- How large it is
- What colour it is
- Where it lives
- Whether it has a backbone
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Whether it has a backboneA spider is an insect. (True or false?)
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FalseHow many legs does an insect have? (Answer out loud)
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SixWhich feature is used to tell a flowering plant from a fern?
- It grows in soil
- It has green leaves
- It makes flowers and seeds
- It needs water
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It makes flowers and seeds
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