Science - Unit 3 STEMscopes Review - Classifying Living Things

Animals that have hair and milk their young are called ________. 

• monerans
• mollusks
• mammals

Animal Y lives in water. It does not lay eggs. The young feed on the mother’s milk. Animal Y belongs to the groups listed below. Classify animal Y.

• Reptile

• Fish

• Amphibian

• Mammal

Which animal does NOT lay eggs?

• Snake

• Bear

• Bird

• Frog

What are common characteristics of arthropods?

• They lay eggs, breathe through gills, covered in scales, cold blooded, and have fins.

• Cold blooded, have gills then develop into lungs as they get older, and have moist skins.

• They are warm blooded, have an internal skeleton, give live birth, and they produce milk.

• They are cold blooded, have an exoskeleton, jointed limbs, and a segmented body

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What is one thing that flamingos, tortoises, and frogs all have in common?

• They lay eggs

• They have feathers

• They use gills for breathing

• They haves scales on their skin.

Which characteristics are shared by ALL arthropods?

• They all live in water

• They all can fly

• They have a hard, outer covering

• They give birth to live young.

Ms. Stokes saw a tiny creature that had six legs, a hard outer covering, and one eye on each side of its head. She said that this was an insect and not a spider. What evidence supports her claim?

• The creature had a head

• The creature had six legs

• The creature had two eyes

• The creature had an outer covering

What type of animal is a horse? Remember it is covered in fur, give live births to their offspring, and feed their young with milk.

• reptile

• mammal

• bird

• fish

These animals are warm-blooded, give birth to live babies, and have hair or fur.

• Fish

• Mammal

• Amphibian

• Bird

Which of these animals is a mammal?

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