Vertebrates Test

Which two groups listed are both endotherms?

• Fish and Birds

• Birds and Mammals

• Reptiles and Mammals

• Reptiles and Amphibians

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

• reptiles

• echinoderms

• mollusks

• amphibians

Choose the answer below that correctly matches the vertebrate with its structural characteristics.

• reptile: ectothermic, have smooth moist skin, breathe with gills

• mammal: ectothermic, have fur or hair, breathe with lungs

• fish: endothermic, have scales, breathe with gills

• bird: endothermic, have feathers, breathe with lungs

There are 35 different phyla in the animal kingdom. Only one of these phyla are _______.

• vertebrates.

• invertebrates.

• ectotherms.

• endotherms.

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Which group of characteristics describes the organism in the illustration?

• multicellular, warm-blooded, vertebrate

• unicellular, cold-blooded, invertebrate

• multicellular, cold-blooded, vertebrate

• multicellular, warm-blooded, invertebrate

The animals in group M are different from the animals in group N because only the animals in group M __________.

• have a mouth

• are able to reproduce

• have a backbone

• are invertebrates

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Which class of animals breathes with lungs, has scales or plates for an outer covering, and most lay eggs?

• Amphibians

• Fish

• Mammals

• Reptiles

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of vertebrate?

• They have backbones, an internal skeleton, and muscles.

• They have radial symmetry and one body opening.

• They have a nervous system with a brain that processes information from their environment through sensory organs.

• They have blood that circulates through blood vessels and lungs (or gills) for breathing.

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Which combination of organisms is most SIMILAR?

• shark and whale - They are both fish

• penguin and whale - They are both mammals

• penguin and hawk - They are both birds

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These animals are all capable of flight: bat, bird, bee, and flying squirrel. Which 2 are most SIMILAR to each other?

• bat and bird

• bat and bee

• bat and flying squirrel

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