Classifying Plants and Animals Test

A student creates a simple diagram of plants that have been sorted into groups.

Which characteristic did the student most likely use to sort the plants into these groups?

• Whether or not the plants need water

• Whether or not the plants have leaves

• Whether or not the plants produce seeds

• Whether or not the plants make their own food

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A student creates a model that sorts plants based on their characteristics.

Which characteristics best complete this model?

• Plant X reproduces with seeds and Plant Y reproduces with spores

• Plant X has roots and Plant Y does NOT have roots

• Plant X has leaves and Plant Y does NOT have leaves

A student is COMPARING all of the qualities of a pine tree and a rosebush.

Which of the following is the best way for the student to record information that compares a pine tree and rosebush?

• By making a PIE chart with the lengths of their branches

• By making a BAR graph of the different parts they have

• by making a VENN DIAGRAM with the qualities each plant has

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Sam is hoping to classify an animal in the correct group. She knows that the animal has a BACKBONE, is COLD-BLOODED, and can live in the water.

Which category does the animal NOT belong to?

• Birds

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

This picture is of an animal called a Pangolin. The Pangolin has scales, is warm-blooded, gives live birth and nurses its young.

What group of animals is the Pangolin MOST like?

• Reptiles, except it has scales

• Mammals, except it has scales

• Birds, because it nurses its young

• Amphibians, because they are warm-blooded

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

The table shows characteristics of two different types of animals.

Which animals do X and Y MOST LIKELY represent?

• X is a reptile and Y is an amphibian

• X is an amphibian and Y is a reptile

• X is a mammal and Y is a fish

• X is a fish and Y is a mammal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What classifies a vertebrate and an invertebrate?

• Animals who have warm blood are called vertebrates, and animals with cold blood are called invertebrates

• Animals with a backbone are called vertebrates, and animals without a backbone are called invertebrates

What is true about birds AND mammals that is NOT true about reptiles, fish, and amphibians?

• Both birds and mammals give live birth

• Both birds and mammals have feathers

• Both birds and mammals have backbones

• Both birds and mammals are warm-blooded

Whales and Snappers are different animals that live in the sea. Whales

are mammals, and Snapper are fish. The Snapper get oxygen from

seawater and lays eggs. As soon as the baby Snapper hatches, they can

feed themselves.

What are TWO ways that whales are

different from snapper?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

What does the word "classify" mean?

• To sort plants and animals by certain traits

• Naming a plant or animal

• To see if a plant or animal is a consumer, producer, or decomposer