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Living Things and Classification review guide
Lesson 1 reading questions
1. List the life processes: moves, reproduces, grows (develops and dies), responds, adapts, goes
through cellular respiration/has cells, uses energy (food) to make energy and produce waste
2. Is a robot living or non-living? Non living Explain. Cannot undergo cellular respiration and has no
cells
3. Is moss living or non-living? Living Explain. Can go through all of the life processes - moves,
reproduces, grows (develops and dies), responds, adapts, goes through cellular respiration/has
cells, uses energy (food) to make energy and produce waste
4. What is cellular respiration? The process where oxygen and water is used to break down
nutrients to make energy
5. What is an organism? Living thing
6. Who came up with the classification system? Carrolus Linneaus
7. Which group has the highest diversity? Kingdom
8. Which group has only one type of organism? Species
9. How can you tell if two species are closely related? They share the same genus level (and/or
family)
10. What is the scientific name made up of (what two parts of the classification system)?
First part is the Genus and the second part is the species
11. What are the seven levels of classification? Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and
Species
12. Kingdoms – complete the table (lesson 75)
Kingdom Number of Producer Cell parts Examples
cells Consumer or
(multicellular Decomposer
or unicellular
Monera unicellular Producer, Consumer & No nucleus E-coli
Decomposer Streph
Protists unicellular Producer, Consumer & Has nucleus Amoeba
Decomposer Algae
Fungi multicellular Decomposer Cell wall Mildew, mold
nucleus mushrooms
Plants multicellular Producer Cell wall Roses
nucleus moss
Animals multicellular Consumer No cell wall Humans
Has nucleus Sponge
13. Classes – complete the table – Lessson 76
Warm or cold Body covering Other feathers Examples
blooded (hair/fur,
feathers, scales,
just skin)
Mammal Warm blooded Hair and fur Feeds young Humans,
milk monkey
Birds Warm blooded feathers Beak Eagles, kiwi
Lays eggs
Reptiles Cold blooded Dry scales Lungs Snakes, alligator
Leathery eggs
Amphibians Cold and warm Moist usually Many young Frog, newt
blooded smooth body have gills
Fish Cold blooded Wet scales Gills, fins Shark, goldfish
14. Phylums – Give 1 or 2 main features or characteristic of phyla and 2-3 examples (lesson 75)
Phylum Characteristics Examples
Porifera Don’t move sponge
Cnidaria Stinging cells Jelly fish, sea anemone
Plathyhelmentis Flat worm Tapeworm
Nematoda Round worm roundworm
Annelida Segmented worm Earthworm, leech
Mollusca Soft bodied, usually strong foot/feet Squid, octopus
Arthropoda Jointed legs, exoskeleton Spider, ant, crab
Echinodermata Spiny skin Sea star
Chordata Nerve cord Human, eagle, shark
15. How is the correct format for the scientific name when hand written? underlines
15b. When typed? Italics (For both – Genus uppercase and species – lower case)_
16. What three things could the scientific name tell you about the organism? Who discovered it,
what it looks like, where it is found
***You need to know how to use a dichotomous key, so please go over the dichotomous key handouts.