What kingdom does lion belong to?
Important Questions on Variety of Living Things
Which of the following are characteristics of organisms that belong to the animal kingdom? Select two options.
Describe the main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates.
The harvestman is an eight-legged organism that is often mistaken for a spider.
The harvestman is not a spider, but it is classified as an arachnid.
Scientists can easily tell harvestman species apart from other arachnids. Suggest how they do this.
Chen discovers an organism with these characteristics:
- Has lungs
- Lays jelly-coated eggs in water
- Has thin moist skin
Which of the following accurately describes this organism? Select one option.
Scientists can classify human blood as being one of four different types, called blood groups. A scientist investigates the number of people with different blood groups. Her result is shown in the chart below.
A) How many people had the blood group AB?
B) Which was the most common blood group?
C) Explain why the graph has been drawn with spaces between the bars.
Lily is measuring the length of leaves from a tree. She measures the length of 60 leaves and records her results in a tally chart.
Her results are shown below:
a) Complete the tally chart by adding the total for each group of measurements.
b) Lily finds a leaf that is 150 mm long. Explain why it is unlikely that this leaf comes from the tree that she investigated.
c) Explain why it is impossible to know the true range of Lily's set of data.
