Study Guide Answers What is classification Sorting into
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Study Guide Answers
What is classification • Sorting into groups based on similarities and differences
Why do scientists classify plants and animals • To study plants and animals and understand the living world
How are animals classified • How they reproduce • Body structures
What are vertebrates • Animals with a backbone and skeleton
What are invertebrates • Animals that do not have a backbone. • Invertebrates have an exoskeleton or shell.
What are the 5 types of vertebrates Fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, birds
What are characteristics of fish • Cold-blooded • Breathe with gills • Have scales • Live in water • Have eggs
What are gills • Special organs fish use to breathe
What are characteristics of amphibians • Cold blooded • Smooth, moist skin • Begin life in water and eventually live on land • Live near water • Lay eggs
What are characteristics of reptiles • Cold blooded • lungs • Rough skin with scales or hard plates • Live on land • Lay eggs
How are amphibian and reptile eggs different • Reptiles have eggs that are hard and tough • Lay eggs on land • Amphibian eggs are softer • Lay eggs in water
What are characteristics of birds • Warm blooded • Lay eggs • Have feathers
What are characteristics of mammals • Warm blooded • Have lungs • Have fur or hair • Live birth
How are plants classified 1. How they reproduce 2. How they transport materials inside the plant
Are mushrooms a type of plant? Why or why not? • No, they are decomposers
What are characteristics of vascular plants • Tubes that transport water and sugars • Stems, leaves
What are characteristics of nonvascular plants • Grow close to the ground • No roots • No tubes • Grow close to water source
What two ways do plants reproduce • Seeds and spores
Describe ferns • Vascular plants that reproduce using spores
What are characteristics of deciduous plants • Leaves fall off every year • Leaves change colors • Have broad leaves
What are coniferous plants • Plants that have cones • Leaves do not fall off • Most are evergreen
What are angiosperms • Seeds that are protected by flowers or fruit
What are gymnosperms • Seeds that are in a cone or in hard berries