Animal classification and life cycles

Animals that have a backbone are known as:

• A) Vertebrates

• B) Invertebrates

Is this animal a vertebrate or an invertebrate?

• A) Vertebrate

• B) Invertebrate

Some vertebrates breathe through their lungs. Others breathe through their...

• A) Fins

• B) Gills

• C) Claws

• D) Feathers

Fish use their ______ to move from one place to another.

• A) Paws

• B) Tentacles

• C) Wings

• D) Fins

Cold-blooded animals can control their body temperature.

• A) TRUE

• B) FALSE

To grow into an adult the butterfly goes through 4 stages:

• A) Larva, pupa, egg and adult.

• B) Egg, larva, pupa and adult.

• C) Egg, larva, tadpole and adult.

• D) Egg, pupa, larva and adult.

This animal belongs to the following group:

• A) Mammals

• B) Reptiles

• C) Amphibians

• D) Birds

Mammals give birth to babies.

• A) TRUE

• B) FALSE

This group of animals lays eggs and has feathers.

• A) Reptile

• B) Fish

• C) Bird

• D) Mammal

A frog goes through 4 stages of life:

• A) Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult.

• B) Egg, larva, tadpole, adult.

• C) Froglet, egg, tadpole, adult.

• D) Egg, pupa, froglet, tadpole.