Topic 1: Biodiversity of Life

What are the 5 classes of vertebrates?

• Birds, Dogs, Cats, Fish, Insects
• 4 legged, 2 legged, Fish, Birds, Insects
• Reptiles, Amphibians,Birds, Fish, Mammals
• Reptiles, Arthropods, Arachnids, Insects, Mammals

The word autotroph means?

• being able to produce its own food

• having to obtain food from another organism

• DNA is not in a nucleus

• DNA is in a nucleus

Animals with an exoskeleton, and jointed appendages (legs, antennae, etc.), that live in land and marine environments, are a part of which phylum? (Hint: Use the diagrams in Lesson 4)

• cnidarians

• arthropods

• annelids

• chordates

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What am I?

• endotherm
• ectotherm

What am I?

• endotherm
• ectotherm

Which has true roots, stems, and leaves?

• Vascular Plants
• Nonvascular Plants

This is an example of an organism that is nonvascular and reproduces using spores. It is often found in damp places. What major group does it belong to?

• mosses

• ferns

• gymnosperms (conifers)

• angiosperms (flowering plants)

Which are small and grow close to the ground?

• Vascular
• Nonvascular

The basic unit of structure and function in living things.

• cell

• cell wall

• plant cell

• cell membrane

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Contains chlorophyll and makes sugars from sunlight

• Chloroplast

• Cytoplasm

• Mitochondria

• Golgi Bodies

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