Invertebrates and Vertebrates Quiz*

True or False? CLASSIFICATION describes how biologists group and categorize living organisms.

• True
• False

What is a vertebrate?

• Animals that live in water.
• Animals that live on land.
• An animal with a backbone.
• Animals that are advanced/complex.

What is an invertebrate?

• Any animal that lives in water.
• Animals with no organs.
• Animals that lay eggs.
• An animal without a backbone.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a mammal?

• Mammals have live births and feed their young.
• Mammals are covered in hair and fur.
• Mammals are warm-blooded.
• Mammals breathe with gills.

What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?

• fish
• amphibian
• reptile
• mammal

This is a 

• Reptile
• Fish
• Mammal
• Amphibian

Animals that have backbones are...

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

Ant

• Vertebrate
• Invertebrate

Chicken

• Vertebrate
• Invertebrate

What animal is not a vertebrate animal?

• mammals

• reptiles

• lobsters

• fish