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Classifying Living Things - What is What?  Scavenger Hunt

Directions:  Click on the site above the questions, and then write the answers
in the space below.

 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/plants/plant.html

What is a plant?

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What is the name of the green pigment in a plant that allows it to make
its own food?

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 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/animals/index.html

Write five characteristics of animals.

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 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/animals/other/classify_animals.html

How are animals classified?

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Write the 5 major groups of vertebrates.

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What are eight phylums of invertebrates?

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 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/fungus/fungus.html

Write three examples of fungus.

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What do most fungi feed on?

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Most species of fungi are ________ - celled.

Why should people NOT eat toadstools?

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 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/protista/protists.html

Where would a protist be found?

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Describe a protist.

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 http://vilenski.com/science/safari/bacteria/bacteria.html

How do bacteria obtain their food?

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Are all bacteria bad?  Why or Why not (explain)

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What are the three different types of bacterial?

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