Fourth Grade Science: Classifying Living Things Assessment

The act of grouping things by using a set of rules is called:

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Review Classifying Living Things
The living thing kingdom has these characteristics: they are one celled and have cell nuclei. The kingdom is:
1. Monerans
2. Protists
3. Fungi
Mushrooms are part of what living things kingdom?
I only have one cell, but I also have a nucleus. I am part of which living kingdom?
Select the kingdoms that have members that can make their own food.
1. Plants
2. Animals
3. Fungi
4. Monerans
5. Protists
As of now, how many kingdoms are there for classifying living things?
1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7
The smallest classification group for living things is:
1. Species
2. Genus
Check the living things kingdoms that have members that may feed on other living things.
1. Animals
2. Plants
3. Fungi
4. Protists
5. Monerans
An animal that does not have a backbone is classified as an:

Review Classifying Animals
If you have a backbone, you are part of the majority of all the animals in the world.
1. True
2. False
Check the invertebrates:
1. Snail
2. Reptiles
3. Sea Sponge
4. Mammals
5. Crabs
Vertebrates include:
1. Arthopods
2. amphibians
3. mollusks
4. birds
5. fish
Invertebrates do not have skeletons.
1. True
2. False
I am an invertebrate with legs that have several joints. You may think I'm icky since my group includes bugs and spiders and crabs. The name of my group is ___________________
On a reality show, the contestants had to eat a plate of worms and snails. They were eating what kind of invertebrates?
Which group of vertebrates begins life in the water and later lives on land?
1. reptiles
2. fish
3. amphibians
4. turtles
5. E
Check which arthropods have 8 legs?
1. beetles
2. spiders
3. insects
4. crabs
The largest group of arthrpods are:
Plants that have tubes are called _____________ plants.

Review Classifying Plants
Which of the following is a type of moneran?
1. algae
2. bacteria
3. fish
4. mushroom
In a nonvascular plant, water travels -
1. through the roots
2. through the sapwood
3. from cell to cell
4. through the flowers
Which parts of a vascular plant have tubes carrying water and food?
1. leaves
2. bark
3. sapwood
4. heartwood
Where do muscles attach to the skeleton on invertebrates?
1. at flexble shell joints
2. at the backbone
3. where bones meet
4. at movable bone joints
Which of the following vertebrates have hair and give milk to their young?
1. reptiles
2. mammals
3. amphibians
4. birds
What makes a moneran different from a protist?
1. A moneran has no nucleus.
2. A moneran has a backbone.
3. A moneran has tubes.
4. A moneran has jointed legs.
Check which kingdom and groups a dog belongs to:
1. Reptiles
2. Animals
3. Invertebrates
4. Mammals
5. Carnivores
Because nonvascular plants do not have tubes, what kind of place do they need to grwo?
1. The dessert
2. Damp or moist soil
3. Mountain tops
4. Dark places with no light
Very tall and large plants most likely are vascular plants.
1. True
2. False
Which of these is not a mammal?
1. whale
2. frog
3. cow
4. human
Vascular plants have ______________________________________
1. no tubes
2. tubes that carry only water to the stem and leaves
3. tubes that carry water and nutrients from the roots to the stem and leaves
4. tubes that produce food for the roots
The animal kingdom is divided into which two groups?
1. vertebrates and invertebrates
2. fish and mammals
3. mollusks and insects
4. amphibians and reptiles
A sharp curved beak on a bird would indicate that it is a ________________
1. herbivore
2. omnivore
3. carnivore
4. none of the above