| Phylum/Division | Sample 1: Chrysophyta | Sample 2: Annelida | Sample 3: Arthropoda | Sample 4: Amphibia | Sample 5: Aves |
| Common Feature | |||||
| Nutrition
How does the organism break down and absorb food? |
They eat through dirt | Some are vegetarians | Thy are vegetarians | ||
| Circulatory System (Transport)
How does the organism get what it needs to cells (open, closed, diffusion only)? |
Diffusion | Closed | Open circulatory | Closed | Closed |
| Respiratory System
How does the organism get oxygen and release carbon dioxide? |
Diffusion | Diffusion through skin | Diffusion through tracheal tubes | Diffusion through skin and lungs | Diffusion through the lungs |
| Reproductive System
Does the organism use asexual or sexual reproduction (eggs, seeds, spores, placenta, type of fertilization)? |
Asexual | Has organs containing their eggs that moves from front to rear | Internal fertilization | External fertilization; must be in a moist environment | Internal Fertilization |
| Excretory System
How does the organism get rid of wastes and maintain an ionic balance of fluids? |
Waste exits through Anus | Waste goes through kidneys, intestines and anus | Waste goes through kidneys, intestines and anus | ||
| Growth and Development
Does the organism go through metamorphosis, develop in an egg or uterus, or grow from seeds? |
Developed in an egg then hatch | Developed in egg | Developed in egg | Developed in egg | |
| Regulation
How does the organism control body processes (hormones, nervous system)? |
They have eye spots that can detect the light | The brain, the nerve cord and ganglia runs the length of the body | With the brain, the nerve cord, ganglia and sensory organs | With good reflexes, the brain, and the nervous system | |
| Sample organism | Phytoplankton | Earthworm | Fruit fly | Frog | Bird |
Table 2: Samples 6–10
| Phylum/Division | Sample 6: Reptilians | Sample 7: Mammalia | Sample 8: Bryophyta | Sample 9:
Gymnosperm |
Sample 10: Angiosperm |
| Common Feature | |||||
| Nutrition
How does the organism break down and absorb food? |
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| Circulatory System (Transport)
How does the organism get what it needs to cells (open, closed, diffusion only)? |
Closed | Closed | Diffusion through cell membranes and cell wall | ||
| Respiratory System
How does the organism get oxygen and release carbon dioxide? |
Diffusion through the lungs | ||||
| Reproductive System
Does the organism use asexual or sexual reproduction (eggs, seeds, spores, placenta, type of fertilization)? |
Internal Fertilization | Internal fertilization, developed in uterus | Sperm moves to eggs; must be in a moist environment | Pollen is the male sex cell | Pollen is the male sex cell |
| Excretory System
How does the organism get rid of wastes and maintain an ionic balance of fluids? |
Waste goes through kidneys, intestines and anus | Waste goes through kidneys, intestines and anus | |||
| Growth and Development
Does the organism go through metamorphosis, develop in an egg or uterus, or grow from seeds? |
Developed in an egg | Developed in uterus | Spores | Developed in a seed | Developed in a seed |
| Regulation
How does the organism control body processes (hormones, nervous system)? |
Endocrine and nervous system | Endocrine and nervous system | Hormones in bud, roots and stem | Hormones in bud, roots, stem and leaves | |
| Sample organism | Snake | Cat | Moss | Pine tree | Rose |
Part 2: Using the completed data table, answer the following questions:
- What is common among all samples?
- What is common among organisms from samples 1, 9, and 10?
- What is common between the circulatory system of organisms from samples 5, 6, and 7, but different in organisms from sample 4?
- What is common in the respiration system of organisms from samples 2 and 4?
- What gas is delivered to the respiratory system of organisms from samples 1, 9, and 10? Why?
- Which organisms are producers?
- Which organisms are decomposers?
- Look at the surface of your hand. You will see the skin and hair made up of protein called keratin. Which organisms did humans inherit that protein from?
- Which organisms have blood?
