5th Grade Ch. 1 Lesson 4 How are Other Organisms Classified

Ch. 1 Lesson 4

How are other organisms classified?

plants•multicellular

•use sunlight, water & carbon dioxide to make food

types of plants:

1. vascular plants• special tubes for

carrying food & water

• ex: dandelions & celery

2. mosses• Nonvascular

• No flowers or seeds

3. ferns•use spores to reproduce

4. conifers• reproduce using cones & seeds

• reproduce by flowers & seeds5. flowering plants

characteristics moss ferns conifers flowering plants

vascular No Yes Yes Yesseeds No No Yes Yesflowers No No No Yes

fungi•do not make own food

yeast• Single celled fungi• Used by bakers to bake bread• Use sugar to get food &

release carbon dioxide makes dough rise

yeast• Single celled fungi

• Used by bakers to bake bread

• Use sugar to get food & release carbon dioxide makes dough rise

Host has no yeast-doesn’t rise

protists• some live

inside digestive systems of animals-termites-help digest plants