Classification of Animals Lesson

Open Ended

Multiple Choice

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

• Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

Multiple Choice

Which are the groups of vertebrate animals?

• Mammals, fish, amphibians and sharks

• Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians

• Lions, tuna, eagle, crocodile and frog

• Humans, fish, birds and reptiles

Multiple Choice

This group has jointed legs and segmented bodies and exoskeletons:

• Segmented Worms
• Mollusks
• Sponges
• Arthropods

Multiple Choice

Which two types of animals share these characteristics?

warm-blooded

four-chambered hearts

breathe with lungs

vertebrates

• fish and amphibians

• mammals and fish

• reptiles and birds

• birds and mammals

Multiple Choice

Which two types of animals share these characteristics?

cold-blooded

hatch from eggs

born with gills

• insect and fish

• amphibians and reptiles

• fish and amphibians

• reptiles and insects

Multiple Choice

Scientists sort animals into two groups, vertebrate and invertebrate. They discovered a new organism. Its babies are born alive, drink milk from the mother's body, and have fur on their bodies. They are warm-blooded and breathe with lungs. How would these animals be classified?

• as a vertebrate and a reptile

• as a vertebrate and a fish

• as a vertebrate and a mammal

• as an invertebrate and a mammal

Multiple Choice

What is an exoskeleton?

• a hard covering that supports and protects the bodies of some types of animals
• a hard covering that supports and protects the bodies of all animals
• a soft covering that supports and protects the bodies of some types of animals