Animal classification

Which class of vertebrate has the characteristics of laying eggs, has teeth and is cold blooded?

• fish

• bird

• reptile

• mammal

A student is creating a model to classify organisms. Which three factors should she add to her model to classify vertebrate animals?

• how their body temperature is controlled

• how they move

• how they breath

• where they can be found

• what their body is covered with

What type of vertebrate has smooth, moist skin, several glands, four limbs, and lays jellylike eggs in water?

• reptile

• bird

• mammal

• amphibian

Animals that have backbones are...

• Vertebrates
• Invertebrates
• Mollusk
• Lobster

Scientists classify animals by their...

• Color
• Size
• Characteristics
• Sound

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Invertebrates do not have backbone, but they could have an...

• Wings
• Shell
• Exoskeleton
• Mouth

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Warm blooded animals that feed their babies with milk....

• Mammals
• Birds
• Insects
• amphibians

Cold blooded animals with scaly dry skin are...

• Fish
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
•  Mammals

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Vertebrates that spend part of their lives in water and part of their lives on land....

• Mollusk
• Amphibians
• Mammals
• Fish

Vertebrates that have fins to move and gills to breathe....

• Fish
• Amphibians
• Platypus
• Insects

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