Vertebrates & Invertebrates Test

All animals are broadly split into what two categories?

• Insects and Birds

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates

• Living and Non-Living

• Compound and complex

I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, am ectothermic (cold-blooded), and often have scaly skin which holds in the water.  What am I?  

• fish

• mammals 

• birds

• reptile 

I live part of my life in water and part on land.  I am born with gills but grow lungs.  I am ectothermic (cold-blooded).  I have moist smooth skin.  What am I? 

• fish
• bird
• amphibian 
• mammal

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Which of the following statements is true regarding ectothermic animals?

• They must eat constantly to stay warm.

• They must sweat or pant to release excess body heat.

• They rely on the environment to control their temperature.

• Most animals on the earth are NOT ectothermic.

Fish, reptiles, and amphibians________ ​​examples of vertebrates​ ​

• are

• are not

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_____________ is an animal that uses energy from their body to keep their body at a steady temperature.

• Ectotherm

• Cellular Respiration

• Endotherm

• Herbivore

Flexible, rod-shaped structure that supports the body of a chordate

• Exoskeleton

• Notochord

• Scale

• Appendage

Tuna, flamingos, sharks, and chimpanzees are invertebrates.

• True

• False

Clams, squid, and sea stars are invertebrates.

• True

• False

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An animal with a skeleton inside of the body has an exoskeleton.

• True

• False