C3

Question 1

Invertebrate

Answer 1

An animal without a backbone is an invertebrate. An octopus and lobster are examples of invertebrates.

Question 2

Characteristics of fish are:

Answer 2

Scales, cold blooded and breathe through gills

Question 3

Characteristics of amphibians are:

Answer 3

Soft, smooth, moist skin, cold blooded, lay eggs

Question 4

Characteristics of birds are:

Answer 4

Warm blooded, lungs to breathe, lay eggs

Question 5

Characteristics of mammals are:

Answer 5

Warm blooded, use lungs to breathe, feed their young with milk produced by mom, and have live births

Question 6

Characteristics of reptiles are:

Answer 6

Reptiles have scales, cold blooded and lay eggs

Question 7

Vertebrate

Answer 7

An animal that has a backbone. Classes of vertebrates are: fish, amphibians, birds, mammals, reptiles.

Question 8

To classify means to:

Answer 8

To put similar things into groups.

Question 9

What is the dichotomous key?

Answer 9

The dichotomous key is a tool used to identify an unknown organism.

Question 10

Multicellular

Answer 10

Multicellular is an organism made up of many cells.

Question 11

Unicellular is

Answer 11

Unicellular is an organism made of one cell.

Question 12

What is the definition of photosynthesis?

Answer 12

Photosynthesis is the process of plants getting energy from the sun to make their own food.

Question 13

What is vascular?

Answer 13

Vascular plants xylem and phloem, roots, stems and leaves. The tubes carry water, waste and food.
Vascular plants reproduce by spore (fern) or seed (any flower, tree)

Question 14

What is non vascular?

Answer 14

Non vascular is plants that do not have tubes.
Non vascular plants have:
- no tubes
- very thin cell walls
- grow very low to the ground
- do not have a true root system
- reproduce with spores
- live in shady damp areas

Question 15

Describe mosses

Answer 15

Mosses are not vascular plants. They reproduce by tiny cells called spores. Mosses do not have seeds or flowers.

Question 16

Describe ferns

Answer 16

Ferns are vascular plants. Like mosses they reproduce by forming spores. Like mosses ferns do not have seeds or flowers.

Question 17

Describe conifers

Answer 17

Conifers are vascular plants that do not have flowers. They produce seeds in cones. Seeds may grow into new plants. Most conifers keep their special leaves or needles year round.

Question 18

Describe flowering plants

Answer 18

Flowering plants are vascular. Flowering plants make seeds inside their fruits. The seeds may grow into new plants. Most of the plants you see everyday are flowering plants.