Grade 6 · Science · Unit 1 of 11
Sorting Living Things
Animals, plants, fungi and keys
What your child practises
Telling mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish apart, vertebrates from invertebrates, the kingdoms, and the levels of classification.
Ontario Curriculum expectation: B2.1 · the characteristics of groups of organisms and a classification system
Sample questions
A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.
Question 1
Put these levels of classification in order from the largest group to the smallest.
- 📁Genus
- 📂Class
- 🌍Kingdom
- 🔬Species
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Kingdom → Class → Genus → Species
Hint: A kingdom is the biggest group. A species is the smallest of these.
Question 2
Which is a trait of the fungi kingdom?
- They absorb nutrients from dead or living matter
- They have backbones
- They make food using sunlight
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They absorb nutrients from dead or living matter
Hint: Fungi break things down and absorb nutrients.
Question 3
What is a vertebrate?
- An animal with six legs
- An animal that lives only in water
- An animal with a backbone
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An animal with a backbone
Hint: 'Vertebra' is a bone of the backbone.
Question 4
Which are the levels of classification from largest group to smallest?
- Kingdom, class, genus, species
- Genus, kingdom, species, class
- Species, genus, class, kingdom
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Kingdom, class, genus, species
Hint: A kingdom includes many classes. A species is the smallest group.
Question 5
Which of these is an invertebrate?
- A trout
- A sparrow
- An earthworm
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An earthworm
Hint: It has no backbone.
Question 6
Ferns and mosses reproduce using…
- flowers and fruit
- spores
- seeds in cones
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spores
Hint: Spores are tiny cells that grow into new plants.