Chapter 1: Characteristics and classification of living organisms

Question 1

7 characteristics that define a living thing

note: living things must have all of these, non-living things may have a few

Answer 1

Movement
Respiration
Sensitivity

Growth
Reproduction
Excretion
Nutrition

Question 2

How to find growth in living organisms?

Answer 2

Find the dry mass

Question 3

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 3

plants, animals, fungi, protoctist, prokaryote

Question 4

Animal kingdom broken down into:

Answer 4

Vertebrates and invertebrates

Question 5

5 groups under vertebrates:

Answer 5

Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Mammals, Reptiles

Question 6

Features of Amphibians

Answer 6

Moist skin

Eggs laid in water

Question 7

Features of Birds

Answer 7

Feathers

Hard shell eggs

Question 8

Features of Fish

Answer 8

Wet scales
Fins for movement
Breathe using gills

Question 9

Features of Mammals

Answer 9

hair/fur
give birth to offspring
young fed milk from mother

Question 10

Features of Reptile

Answer 10

Scales
Hard-shelled eggs
Cold-blooded

Question 11

4 groups under invertebrates

Answer 11

Arthropods, Mollusc, Echinoderms, Cindarians

Question 12

Features of Arthropods

Answer 12

jointed legs
sectioned bodies
hard exoskeleton

Question 13

Features of: Mollusc, Echinoderm, Cnidarians

Answer 13

Mollusc
fleshy pad for movement

Echinoderm
5 part bodies, spiny outer covering

Cnidarians
Flatworms, Annelids

Question 14

4 sub-groups of arthropods

Answer 14

Crustacean, Insect, Arachnids, Centipede/Millipedes.

Question 15

Features of Crustacean and insect

Answer 15

Crustacean
5-7 pairs of legs
Chalky shell

Insect
3 pairs of legs
3 section body

Question 16

Features of Arachnids and Millipedes/Centipedes

Answer 16

Arachnids
4 pairs of legs
2 section body

Millipede/Centipede
Many pairs of legs
Many body sections

Question 17

Features of Myriapods

Answer 17

Many segments on body
Each segment=1 paur o fjointed legs
1 pair of antennae

Question 18

Species

Answer 18

Group of organisms that can produce fertile offspring (fertile = able to reproduce)

Question 19

Structure and format of binomial naming system

Answer 19

2 words
First word = genus
Second word = species
All italised
Capitalise first letter of genus