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What is an Animal?

Authored by Aaron Leggett

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

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What is an Animal?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Describes an animal that lacks a backbone.

vertebrate

invertebrate

chordate

vertebrae

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Long supporting rod that runs through the body just below the nerve cord is the...

pharyngeal pouches

vertebrae

notochord

dorsal hollow nerve cord

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all chordates that are also...

invertebrate

notochord

vertebrate

vertebral column

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All ______ have a dorsal hollow nerve cord during one stage of their lives.

invertebrates

chordates

vertebrates

notochord

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT a characteristic of animals?

They are heterotrophs.

They are multicellular.

Their cells contain a nucleus.

Their cells have cell walls.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which body system do animals use to eliminate waste, such as ammonia?

digestive system

nervous system

musculoskeletal system

excretory system

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The nervous systems of complex animals gather information using cells called

pharyngeal pouches.

receptors

nerves

notochord

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