Animals

What does a vertebrate have that an invertebrate does not have?

• gills
• a brain
• lungs
• a backbone

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Look carefully at the illustration to the right. How is this animal best classified?

• worm
• arthropod
• mollusk
• vertebr

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How are plants similar to animals?

• Plants and animals are multicellular organisms.
• Plants and animals contain chlorophyll.
• Plants and animals make their own sugar for food.
• Plants and animals reproduce using cones or spores.

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What makes mammals different from all other vertebrates?

• They give milk to their young.
• They live on land.
• They are warm-blooded.
• They use lungs to breathe.

Animals without backbones are called _____________. 

• Vertebrates
• Nonvascular
• Vascular
• Invertebrate

___________________ are animals with jointed legs, a tough outer skeleton, and no backbone.

• Vertebrates
• Conifer
• Vascular
• Arthropods

Insects are arthropods with how many body segments?

• one

• two

• three

• four

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Humans can be described as:

• vertebrates

• chordates

• invertebrates

• mammals

• amphibians

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An invertebrate with a porous, asymmetrical body that pumps and filters water, such as a sponge:

• poriferan

• crustacean

• echinoderm

• mollusk

• cnidarian

An invertebrate with a soft body that is typically enclosed in a shell, such as as a snail, clam, and octopus:

• poriferan

• crustacean

• echinoderm

• mollusk

• cnidarian