Classification of Animals

How are reptiles and fish alike?

• neither has scales

• both breathe with gills

• neither has a backbone

• both have body temperatures that change with their surroundings

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A student wants to research invertebrate animals. Which of these animals should she study? Select 3

• frog

• fish

• clam

• worm

• spider

Which features can a scientist use to identify an amphibian? Select 3

• has a backbone

• has no backbone

• has smooth, moist skin

• has scales or plates on skin

• breathes first with gills and then with lungs

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

Which animal is a bird?
Animal 1: backbone/feathers/warm-blooded
Animal 2: backbone/scales/gills/cold-blooded
Animal 3: cold-blooded
Animal 4: backbone/hair

• Animal 1
• Animal 2
• Animal 3
• Animal 4

Ben has noticed an animal when he looks out his window at school.  The animal has a backbone, lives on land, bears live young, and has hair.  What is the classification for this animal?

• reptile
• bird
• mammal
• amphibian

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Lamprey and hagfish are examples of jawless fishes thus they are cold blooded. 

• TRUE
• FALSE

There are more cold-blooded than warm-blooded animals in the five groups of animals we learned about.

• True

• False

Animals that have backbones are...

• Vertebrates
• Invertebrates
• Mollusk
• Lobster

What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?

• birds
• reptiles
• amphibians
• mammals

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NGSS.4-LS1-1

What classification of animals are  vertebrae (have a backbone)?

• birds only
• reptiles only
• reptiles and birds but not mammals and fish
• mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds