Plants and Animals

Match the following

• heart

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• pancreas

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• brain

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• skin

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• lungs

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Match the following

• sensory organs

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• stomach

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• liver

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• intestines

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What purpose does a lobsters exoskeleton and a fish's skeleton have?

• support

• comouflage

• sensing surroundings

• temperature control

Ostriches weigh as much as 285 pounds, hummingbirds weigh less than an ounce. How are the ostrich and the hummingbird similar?

• they both fly

• they both lay eggs

• they both eat only insects

• they both make nests in trees

Many animals live in the Everglades, including alligators, Florida panthers, and manatees. What characteristics do they all have in common?

• they all eat only fish

• they all have a backbone

• they all give birth to live young

• they all make their homes in the water.

Alfie grew a sunflower. Its stem supports the leaves and the flower head. What part of a gorilla is the stem most like?

• brain

• muscle

• skeleton

• pancreas

which organ in a fish is most similar to the human lung?

• the fins

• the skin

• the swim bladder

• the gills

Match the following

• vertebrates with feathers and wings, lay eggs, breathe using lungs, warm blooded

• mammals

• vertebrates with hair of fur. Most give live birth and feed the babies milk from the mother.

• birds

• vertebrates with scales and fins, most lay eggs, breathe using gills, cold-blooded

• fish

Match the following

• vertebrates that breathe using lungs, have dry skin with scales, usually lay eggs, cold-blooded

• amphibians

• vertebrates who lay eggs in water, breathe through gills when young, lungs when adult

• reptiles

• invertebrates with segmented bodies, exoskeleton, jointed legs

• athropods

Match the following

• reproduces using seeds, fruits and flowers

• flowering plant

• reproduces using spores

• fern

• reproduces using a cone and seeds

• conifer