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Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Science - Middle School - Classification
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Classification is the grouping together of similar species of plant, animal and other organisms. Classification groups similar species together. There are millions of different species living on our planet - different types of plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.. In order to learn more about them, it is necessary for scientists to sort them into groups. Related species can be compared by their similarities and differences.

Grades 6, 7 and 8 - Science - Middle School - Classification
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10 Questions

1. What does classification mean?
2. Which of the following is not an invertebrate?
3. What uses a series of questions in order to identify unknown plants or animals?
4. If you were creating a classification key for invertebrates, which question would distinguish between a spider and an ant?
5. The plant kingdom is divided into two important groups. What are they?
6. If you were creating a classification key for sea animals, which question would separate dolphins from sharks?
7. What is an invertebrate?
8. If you were creating a classification key for a group of animals found on an island, which question would not separate turtles and birds?
9. Which class of animals is warm-blooded?
10. Vertebrates are divided into five classes (groups). Which one of the following is not a class of vertebrates?