Human Body Vocab Pt. 1

A dog is an example of what type of animal?

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

• Arthropods

• Insects

• Organism

Consider a crab, it has a hard outer covering that supports and protects its body. What is this called?

• Exoskeleton

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

• Arthropod

• Skeleton

A jellyfish is an example of what kind of animal?

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

• Bones

• Reptiles

• Fish

Imagine you are on a school field trip to a natural history museum. Your teacher points to a display of creatures with joined legs and hard outer body coverings, explaining that these creatures make up the largest group of invertebrates and most of them lay eggs. She gives examples like spiders & scorpions. What is the name of this group of animals?

• Arthropods

• Reptiles

• Octopus

• Fish

• Mammals

Imagine you are on a field trip to a nature reserve. You spot a creature that has moist skin, started its life in water with gills, but now as an adult, it has lungs and lives on land. You remember seeing creatures like frogs & salamanders in your textbook. What type of vertebrate is this creature likely to be?

• Amphibians

• Mammals

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Arthropods

You are on a field trip to a nature reserve and you see an animal with dry skin covered with scales. It is breathing with its lungs. You remember seeing similar animals like turtles & lizards in your biology textbook. What type of vertebrate is this animal likely to be?

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Arthropods

• Fish

• Amphibians

Imagine you are in a zoo and you see an animal with fur or hair and it is feeding its young with milk from the mother. What type of vertebrate is this animal likely to be?

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Fish

• Amphibians

• Insects

You are on a school trip to a nature park and your teacher asks you to identify a creature. The creature is a specialized type of arthropods, an invertebrate, its body has three segments, it has 6 legs and 2 antennae. What is it?

• Insect

• Birds

• Fish

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

You are on a field trip to a zoo and you see some vertebrate animals with feathers, wings, and beaks. You recognize them as penguins & owls. What type of animals are these?

• Birds

• Mammals

• Unicorns

• Platypus

• Bats

Imagine you are a marine biologist studying vertebrate animals that live in the water. You come across a creature that has fins for swimming and gills for breathing. What type of animal is this likely to be?

• Fish

• Reptiles

• Dolphins

• Whales

• Amphibians