Animal Classification ckla unit 2 lesson 3

What is a key characteristic that scientists study to classify animals?

• What makes up the animal's skin

• Whether animals give birth to live babies or lay eggs

• Whether mothers feed their babies milk from their own bodies

• Whether animals have a backbone

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What is another name for a backbone?

• Skin

• Spine

• Nerves

• Waist

What important part of the body does the backbone protect?

• Brain

• Heart

• Lungs

• Spinal cord

What is the function of the spinal cord?

• To protect the backbone

• To send signals from the brain to other parts of the body

• To wrap around the body

• To bundle nerves

Which of the following animals are vertebrates?

• Flies and beetles

• Lobsters and crabs

• Sharks and goldfish

• Earthworms and spiders

Which group of animals is the largest in the animal kingdom?

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Insects

• Birds

Which of the following animals are mammals?

• Apes and rhinos

• Lizards and turtles

• Sharks and goldfish

• Flies and beetles

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Which of the following animals are reptiles?

• Apes and rhinos

• Lizards and turtles

• Sharks and goldfish

• Flies and beetles

Which of the following animals are invertebrates?

• Apes and rhinos

• Lizards and turtles

• Sharks and goldfish

• Flies and beetles

Which of the following animals do not have a backbone?

• Apes and rhinos

• Lizards and turtles

• Sharks and goldfish

• Flies and beetles

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