Animals

Which one of these is an invertebrate? (has no backbone)

p. 3

• dog

• bird

• crab

• whale

What do you call an animal with a segmented body (made up of more than one part)? page 3

• mammal

• reptile

• Karen

• anthropod

What do you call the external skeleton that animals such as lobsters, crabs, spiders and insects have? (page 3)

• exoskeleton

• hard back

• endoskeleton

• vertebrae

Which of the following are molluscs (anthropods with soft bodies)? page 3, more than one answer

• oyster

• squid

• octopus

• snails

• clams

Look at the table on page 4. If I am an animal with hair. What am I?

• bird

• mammal

• fish

• amphibian

Look at the table on page 4. If I am an animal with no hair, with no feathers and with dry skin, what am I?

• mammal

• reptile

• bird

• fish

What do you call a scientist that studies all living animals? (page 4)

• geologist

• biologist

• zoologist

• botanist

What famous scientist believed in a process of natural selection or "survival of the fittest"? (page 4)

• Albert Einstein

• Stephen Hawking

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin believed that human beings are descended from _______________. (page 4)

How many species of fish are there in Irish waters? (page 5)

• 100

• 200

• 1000

• 400