Animal Part 1

There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?

• Mammals
• Birds
• Arthropods
• Reptiles

The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs

• amphibians
• arthropods
• mammals
• fish

Which of the following has an exoskeleton?

• Foxes
• Birds
• Lobsters
• Fish

Which classes of animals are endothermic?

• Mammals and birds
• mammals and amphibians
• birds and worms
• reptiles and fish

What are the five classes of vertebrates?

• fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
• Sponges, Arthropoda, mammals, birds, fish
• Fish, amphibians, rocks, birds, mollusks
• Flowers, trees, grass, monocots, dicots

Approximately how many phyla are in the animal kingdom?e

• 35
• 25
• 15
• 10

When an ectothermic animal's body temperature rises, what will it do?

• nothing
• sweat
• move to a shady place
• shiver

A bear is a vertebrate because...

• it has fur
• it has a backbone
• it does not have a backbone
• it has lungs

What do scientists use to determine the scientific name of an animal?

• Internet
• dictionary 
• animal mapping
• dichotomous key

As you move down the levels of taxonomy, the groups of living things become more ________.

• specific
• difficult
• broad
• easy