Classification Flow Chart

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1 Classification Flow Chart THINGS To classify plants, see page warm 8 cold air 0 water dry skin, eggs on land moist skin, eggs in water = the five classes of vertebrates eggs pouch placenta classification flow chart page

2 Classification Flow Chart The numbers on the flow chart on page refer to these questions. Follow the line and ask the question with the same number. The answer will tell you which line to follow.. Is it alive?. Was it once alive?. Can you see it without a microscope?. Is it an animal or a plant?. Does it have a backbone? 6. Does it have a jointed covering over the body? 7. Does it have a shell? 8. Is it warm-blooded or cold-blooded? 9. Does it have feathers? 0. Does the adult take oxygen from air or water?. Does it have dry, scaly skin and lay eggs on land, or does it have moist skin and lay eggs in water?.. What kind of mammal is it: does it lay eggs? or does it have very small young that climb into a pouch? or does it have bigger young that can live outside the mother (placental mammal)? Words you might t kw Write the meaning in English and / or in your own language next to the word. alive = living = once = at one time, some time ago = microscope = plant = backbone = spine = joint = where two things are joined so that they can move separately. eg a knee or where the two parts of scissors are joined. covering = anything over the outside of something. eg clothes, skin, the shell of a crab. feathers = fur = hair (usually soft hair like a cat, t like a horse) scales = scaly = with scales (also: furry and feathery) oxygen = moist = dry = lay eggs = warm-blooded = homeothermic = body temperature is always the same. pouch = placenta = cold-blooded = poikilothermic = body temperature changes with the outside temperature. classification flow chart page

3 Classification of Plants PLANTS. Does it have chlorophyll?. Does it reproduce by seeds?. Does it have flowers?. Does it have roots?. Does it have a stem? uestions for Plant Flow Chart Words you might t kw Write the meaning in English and / or in your own language next to the word. chlorophyll = the green chemical in the cells of all green plants. Chlorophyll helps the plant to use the sun s energy to grow. {See photosynthesis}. fungus {fungi} = Not true plants. They can t use the sun s energy. They use dead plants and animals for food. {Examples: mushrooms} flower = seed = stem = root = classification flow chart page

4 uestions and Answers A Answer these question in one or two words.. A warm-blooded, furry vertebrate lays eggs. Classify it.. Does a fish have a backbone?. Do whales breathe air or water?. Classify a jellyfish.. Does an emu have fur, scales or feathers? 6. Do all birds fly? 7. Does a spider have a backbone? 8. Is the table alive? 9. Was the table once alive? 0. Classify Mr. Thompson. B These sentences are the answers to questions. The words underlined are what the person asking the question doesn t kw. You write the question. Examples:. A The train comes at five o clock. What time does the train come?. A The train comes at five o clock. What comes at five o clock? You write the question for these answers. Remember the question mark (?).. A Bob lives in Lakemba. Where.. A The girl with long hair is reading my book. Who.. A The book is on the table. What.. A A marsupial mammal has a pouch.. classification flow chart page

5 . A Snakes and lizards are reptiles.. 6. A Amphibians usually lay eggs in water. Where 7. A Mammals have fur because fur keeps them warm. Why 8. A Two mammals lay eggs. How many 9. A Yes, birds are warm-blooded. 0. A Fish are vertebrates that get oxygen from water.. A Most marsupials live in Australia. Where. A Insects are invertebrates because they don t have a backbone. Why. A Reptiles lay eggs on land.. A We need a microscope to see micro-organisms.. A No, his glasses were never alive. classification flow chart page

6 Classification of Plants PLANTS Fungi Flowering Plants Conifers Ferns Mosses Algae classification flow chart page 6

7 Classification Flow Chart THINGS Micro-organism Once alive Never alive Animal Plant To classify plants, see page VERTEBRATE INVERTEBRATE warm 8 cold Arthropod Mammal Bird air 0 water Mollusc Worm Fish dry skin, eggs on land moist skin, eggs in water = the five classes of vertebrates Reptile Amphibian eggs motreme mammal pouch marsupial mammal placenta placental mammal classification flow chart page 7