CLASSIFICATION

Question 0

What does MRS GREN stand for?

Answer 0

M = Movement
R = Respiration
S = Sensitivity

G = Growth
R = Reproduction
E = Excretion
N = Nutrition

Question 1

What is the acronym for characteristics of living things?

Answer 1

MRS GREN

Question 2

Explain RESPIRATION

Answer 2

Plants and animals use oxygen in the air to turn food into energy

Question 3

Explain GROWTH

Answer 3

Baby animals grown into adults

Seeds grown into plants

Question 4

Explain MOVEMENT

Answer 4

Animals move around to get from place to place

Plants turn towards the light and their roots grow down into the soil

Question 5

Explain SENSITIVITY

Answer 5

Every living thing notices changes in the environment around them and reacts

Question 6

Explain REPRODUCTION

Answer 6

Animals have babies

New plants grown from seeds

Question 7

Explain EXCRETION

Answer 7

Waste products are removed from the body

Plants and animals both have to get rid of gas and water

Question 9

Why is it useful to group things with similar characteristics?

Answer 9

To make them easier to find - this is called classification.

Question 10

Name the five kingdoms

Answer 10

PP FAB
BACTERIA
PROTOCTISTA
FUNGI
PLANTS 
ANIMALS

Question 11

What is a single celled organism WITHOUT a nucleus?

Answer 11

Bacteria

Question 12

What is a single celled organism WITH a nucleus?

Answer 12

PROTOCTISTA

Question 13

What are organisms which feed on rotting material?

Answer 13

FUNGI

Question 14

What are organisms which make their own foods?

Answer 14

Plants

Question 15

What are organisms that feed on other plants and animals?

Answer 15

Animals

Question 16

How else can species be divided into? - 4 points

Answer 16

PHYLUM
CLASS
ORDER
FAMILY

P COF

Question 17

Why are species names in Latin?

Answer 17

So the same name can be used all over the world

Question 18

What is the first part of a species name called?

Answer 18

The genus

Question 19

What is the second part of a species name tell you?

Answer 19

Exactly which species you are dealing with

Question 20

What are the names of the two groups animals can be put into?

Answer 20

VERTEBRATES - those with an internal skeleton

INVERTEBRATES - those with NO internal skeleton

Question 21

How else can animals be classified?

Answer 21

Warm blooded and cold blooded

Question 22

What is a warm blooded animal?

Answer 22

One with an internal body temperature that stay almost the same all the time

Question 23

What is a cold blooded animal?

Answer 23

One with an internal body temperature that changes with the temperature around them

Question 24

What are the key 4 features of a reptile?

Answer 24

1. Cold blooded
2. Have lungs
3. Have dry, scaly skin
4. Lay leathery-shelled eggs

Question 25

Explain NUTRITION

Answer 25

Food is used to provide energy to live | Green plants make their own food using sunlight

Question 26

Give 4 characteristics of an AMPHIBIAN

Answer 26

1. Cold-blooded 2. Adults have lungs - larvae have gills 3. Moist skin 4. Lay jelly-coated eggs in water

Question 27

Give 4 characteristics of a FISH

Answer 27

1. Cold-blooded 2. Have gills 3. Wet scales 4. Lay eggs in water

Question 28

Give 5 characteristics of BIRDS

Answer 28

1. Warm-blooded 2. Have lungs 3. Feathers on body 4. Lay eggs with hard shells 5. Have wings

Question 29

Give 5 characteristics of MAMMALS

Answer 29

1. Warm-blooded 2. Have lungs 3. Have body hair or fur 4. Give birth to live young 5. Produce milk

Question 30

What does the word 'ENDOTHERM' mean?

Answer 30

warm-blooded, 'heat from within'

Question 31

What is the scientific word for cold-blooded?

Answer 31

ECTOTHERM. | It means 'heat from outside'

Question 32

What can ENDOTHERMS do?

Answer 32

Control their own body temperature by making their own heat from inside their body.

Question 33

How is the body temperature of an ECTOTHERM controlled?

Answer 33

By picking up heat from the environment or losing heat to the environment

Question 34

What is the main difference between an ENDOTHERM and an ECTOTHERM?

Answer 34

The ability to maintain a steady internal body temperature

Question 35

Why are endothermic animals in cold climates on the large size?

Answer 35

If an animal has a large volume, it surface area is comparatively small so the less relative area there is to lose heat. Being big means being warmer.

Question 36

What is the secret to Emperor penguins keeping warm?

Answer 36

Huddling - which is an extension of being big

Question 37

What is a Daphnia - endothermic or ectothermic?

Answer 37

It is an invertebrate therefore ectothermic

Question 38

Where does a Daphnia keep its heart?

Answer 38

On its back

Question 39

How do marine iguanas warm up in the morning?

Answer 39

By sleeping with their back towards the sun

Question 40

How does the colour of a marine iguanas skin help warm it up?

Answer 40

It's black skin absorbs the heat

Question 41

What do marine iguanas eat?

Answer 41

Seaweed - it has special nostrils that remove unwanted salt

Question 42

How do marine iguanas reduce the chilling effect of the sea?

Answer 42

They have a set of blood supply in their limbs

Question 43

How do crickets make a chirping noise?

Answer 43

By rubbing their wings together

Question 44

When do crickets chirp faster?

Answer 44

On warmer days

Question 45

How do you work out the temperature (in degrees c) by counting the number of chirps? - 4

Answer 45

Take number of chirps per minute Divide by 4 Add 8 Divide by 1.8

Question 46

Describe an insect - 1

Answer 46

Invertebrate with 3 pair of legs

Question 47

Describe a mollusc - 3

Answer 47

Invertebrates with 0 legs Have antennae Have had shell

Question 48

Describe arachnids - 3

Answer 48

Invertebrates with 8 legs No antennae NOT INSECTS

Question 49

Describe crustaceans - 1

Answer 49

Invertebrates with more than 3 pairs of legs and antennae

Question 50

Describe segmented worms - 4

Answer 50

Invertebrates with 0 legs No antennae or tentacles Have long bodies Have rough, segmented skin