SCIENCE

Question 1

What type of organisms does the Fungi Kingdom primarily consist of?

Answer 1

Most are multicellular eukaryotes

Question 2

How do fungi differ from plants?

Answer 2

Do not undergo photosynthesis, no chloroplasts or chlorophyll, are not autotrophs, are heterotrophs

Question 3

How do fungi reproduce?

Answer 3

By spores (not seeds)

Question 4

Give examples of good fungi.

Answer 4

• mushrooms
• yeast
• bleu cheese
• penicillin

Question 5

Give examples of bad fungi.

Answer 5

• mold
• mildew
• athlete’s foot
• ringworm

Question 6

What are the characteristics of the Plant Kingdom?

Answer 6

Multicellular, autotrophic, eukaryotes that undergo photosynthesis

Question 7

Define photosynthesis.

Answer 7

Process in which plants and many other producers/autotrophs use raw materials (light energy, carbon dioxide, and water) and produce oxygen

Question 8

What is chlorophyll?

Answer 8

Green, light-trapping pigment in a plant’s chloroplasts important for photosynthesis

Question 9

What are stomata?

Answer 9

Tiny openings in a plant’s epidermis/leaf through which gases enter and exit

Question 10

How are plants divided into major groupings?

Answer 10

• Simple
• Complex

Question 11

What are the characteristics of simple plants?

Answer 11

• Nonvascular
• Small, low to ground
• Lack real roots, stems, leaves
• Reproduce by spores

Question 12

Give examples of simple plants.

Answer 12

• Ferns
• moss
• liverwort

Question 13

What are the characteristics of complex plants?

Answer 13

• Vascular
• Have roots, stems, and leaves
• Reproduce by seeds

Question 14

What are gymnosperms?

Answer 14

Plants with uncovered seeds, such as cone-bearing trees

Question 15

What are angiosperms?

Answer 15

Plants with covered seeds that produce flowers

Question 16

What is a pistil?

Answer 16

The female reproductive organ that contains the stigma, style, ovary, and ovule

Question 17

What is a stamen?

Answer 17

The male reproductive organ consisting of an anther and filament, where pollen is produced

Question 18

What is pollination?

Answer 18

The transfer of pollen to allow fertilization

Question 19

What are the two main groups of animals?

Answer 19

• Vertebrates
• Invertebrates

Question 20

What are the characteristics of vertebrates?

Answer 20

Have a backbone

Question 21

Give examples of vertebrates.

Answer 21

• Fish
• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

Question 22

What are the characteristics of invertebrates?

Answer 22

Do not have a backbone

Question 23

Give examples of invertebrates.

Answer 23

• Sponges
• Cnidarians
• Worms
• Mollusks
• Arthropods
• Echinoderms

Question 24

What are the characteristics of fish?

Answer 24

• Cold-blooded
• Lay eggs
• Must live in water

Question 25

What are the three types of fish?

Answer 25

* Jawless (e.g., eel) * Bony (e.g., salmon) * Cartilage (e.g., shark)

Question 26

What are the characteristics of amphibians?

Answer 26

* Cold-blooded * Lay eggs * Must be near water * Undergo metamorphosis

Question 27

Give examples of amphibians.

Answer 27

* Frog * Toad * Salamander

Question 28

What are the characteristics of reptiles?

Answer 28

* Cold-blooded * Lay eggs * Can live in any environment due to thick, scaly skins

Question 29

Give examples of reptiles.

Answer 29

* Turtles * Lizards * Snakes * Alligators * Crocodiles

Question 30

What are the characteristics of birds?

Answer 30

* Warm-blooded * Lay eggs * Have feathers, hollow bones, wings, and beaks

Question 31

What are the characteristics of mammals?

Answer 31

* Warm-blooded * Have hair/fur * Give birth to live young * Nurse their young with milk

Question 32

What are the three types of mammals?

Answer 32

* Monotremes (egg-laying) * Marsupials (pouched) * Placentals (placentas)

Question 33

What are sponges?

Answer 33

Simplest of the invertebrates

Question 34

Give examples of cnidarians.

Answer 34

* Jellyfish * Coral * Sea anemone

Question 35

What are the types of worms?

Answer 35

* Flat * Round * Segmented

Question 36

What are arthropods?

Answer 36

Invertebrates with exoskeletons and jointed legs

Question 37

What are the groups of arthropods?

Answer 37

* Insects * Arachnids * Centipedes * Crustaceans

Question 38

Give examples of echinoderms.

Answer 38

* Sea stars * Sea urchins * Sea cucumbers * Sand dollars