Name:_________________
Diversity of life Review sheet
Match the following vocabulary about the Animal Kingdom
- cold-blooded animals with scales; such as snakes, lizards, turtles, alligators, and
crocodiles
- cold-blooded animals with gills to breathe in water
- water animals with stinging tentacles, such as jellyfish, man-of-war, and coral
- animals that are flat, and not really worms
- warm-blooded animals with wings and feathers
- cold-blooded animals, such as frogs, toads, and salamanders, that begin life with gills
to breathe in water, then develop lungs to breathe in air
-thread-like animals such as roundworms, pinworms, and threadworms found in soil and
as parasites in other animals
- is the major group used to classify animals into subsets of the animal kingdom
- segmented worms such as earthworms and leeches
- animals with jointed legs and segmented bodies
- soft-bodied animals often protected by an outer shell, such as snails, oysters, and clams
including squid and octopus
- animals with large pores that live in water
- warm-blooded animals with hair or fur
- spiny animals, such as starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers.
___coelenterates
___ arthropods
___reptiles
___birds
___phylum
___annelids
___fish
___amphibians
___flatworms
___ echinoderms
___mammals
___nematodes
___sponges
___mollusks
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Name___________________
Comparing and Contrasting animals
Draw a line connecting the word pairs that are opposite in the following
Endoskeleton
Vertebrates
Cold-blooded
Exoskeleton
Warm blooded
Invertebrates
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Match the word with the definition
A is any animal that has a body temperature that changes as the temperature of their
environment changes
B are animals with backbones
C is when an animal wears the skeleton on the inside
D is any animal that has the ability to maintain a constant body temperature independent
of surroundings
E is when an animal wears the skeleton on the outside
F are animals without backbones
___Warm blooded
___Cold-blooded
___Exoskeleton
___ Endoskeleton
___Vertebrates
___Invertebrates
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1. List 5 ways that the African elephant and the Indian elephant are similar:
1._______________________________________
2._______________________________________
3________________________________________
4________________________________________
5________________________________________
2. List 5 ways that the African elephant and the Indian elephant are different:
1._______________________________________
2._______________________________________
3________________________________________
4________________________________________
5________________________________________
Name__________________
The Plant Kingdom
Match the top terms with the bottom sentences by putting the correct letter on the blank.
The same letter can be used more than once.
A Bryophytes
B Pteridophytes
C Spermatophytes
D Gymnosperms
E Anglosperms
___are seed bearing plants having two categories
___example is fern
___are plants that have roots stems and leaves but have no seeds or flowers
___ are plants that have no roots or stems
___plants with seeds in cones
___plants with seeds in flowers
___examples are grasses, deciduous trees
___they have thin hairs that attach to damp surfaces
___examples are mosses and liverwort
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Name_________________
Adaptations
Match the example with the kind of adaptation by writing S or B on the blank
S=Structural
B=Behavioural
___sharp teeth on a lion
___Giraffe’s long neck allows it to feed on plants
___webbed feet on a duck
___white fur on a polar bear
___bird migrating when it becomes inhospitable
___beaver building a dam
___deer staying in a wooded area during the day
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Name__________________
Fungus
Match the example with the kind of organism by writing F or P or BA or NBA on the
blank
F =fungus
P=plant
BA= backboned animal
NBA= no backbone animals
___ Rust
___moss
___jellyfish
___horse tail
___human
___ Lichens
___fern
___ Mildew
___cedar
___frog
___ Blight
___bean
___oysters
___ Yeast
___turtle
___Mushrooms
___liverwort
___leeches
___ Mould
___spiders
___Smut
___apple
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Name_______________
Bacteria
Write either N or P to describe negative or positive aspects of bacteria
N=The negative aspects to bacteria as discussed in class.
P=The positive aspects to bacteria as discussed in class.
___ cause strep throat
___ used in treating sewage
___ making sour cream
___ decomposing material
___ In humans they cause food poisoning
___ live in our body and are parasites.
Name__________________
Fossils
Match the word and the description
A moulds
___ marine type multi- chambered shells
B Forminifera
___ may be a shell that left a footprint to leave a clear
impression that hardens into rock.
C Ostracod
___ mollusks including snails and slugs
D Gastropod
___ lamp shell looking
E casts
___ 5mm to 4 meters in length covered by a bivalve
F Brachiopods
___ made when minerals dissolve in water and leak into
the space where an animal has died, and covered with
mud