Year 7 Classification Revision Name: _________________________________
1. What is another name for living things?
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2. Give two differences between dead living things and non-living thing.
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3. What are the 7 characteristics of living things?
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4. Use the dichotomous key to separate the following creatures
(use legs, no legs, horn, no horm, antenna, no antenna, etc)
A B C D E
5. Give the term used for the study of classification and naming organism. What do you call
this expert.
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6. Plants and Fungi are very similar as they both multicellular and contain cell wall in their
cells. What is the main difference between them.
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7. Give 3 examples of Fungi.
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8. What is the main difference between a vertebrate and an invertebrate?
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9. Identify which is vertebrate (V) and which is invertebrate. (I)
Cuttlefish Eel
Shark Pig
Whale Octopus
Jellyfish Starfish
Grasshopper Sea horse
10. Which 2 groups of vertebrates are known as “warm-blooded”? Which are “cold-blooded”?
What do they actually mean?
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11. There are three types of mammals: monotremes, marsupials and placentals. What are
their differences? Give an example for each type.
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12. What are arthropods? Which are the 4 groups of arthropods?
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13. Which of the followings are non-vascular plants?
rose, moss, fern, liverwort, pine tree, grass
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14. Give two special characteristics of organisms (bacteria) in MONERA kingdom.
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15. Complete the table showing the characteristics on plants (put a tick or a cross)
Group Vascular Spores for Cone Seed for Flower
tissues reproductio reproductio
n n
Bryophytes
(Mosses)
Ferns
Conifers
Angiosperm
s
16. Cnidarians are a group of primitive animals living in the sea. Give one characteristics of
Cnidarians and 3 examples.
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17. Complete the following table showing the characteristics of some invertebrates
Types of invertebrates: Crustacean, Echinoderm, Worm, Mollusc
Organism Type of Characteristics
invertebrate
Sandworm Tubular with no legs
Snail Soft body covered by a shell
Sea Urchin Spiny body with tube feet
Yabby More than 8 legs with antennae and 2 body
parts
Dragonfly Three pairs of legs and 3 body parts and 2
pairs of wings
Millipede Tubular in shape with many pairs of legs
18. List the group of vertebrates: fish, mammal, reptile, amphibian, bird
a) _______________________ Having fur and feeding milk to their young
b) ______________________ Having fins for swimming and using gills for breathing
c) _______________________ Having rough, dry scaly skin and soft shelled eggs
d) ______________________ Having hard-shelled eggs and feather for flight
e) ______________________ Can live in water and on land with moist skin for breathing.
