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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