Classifying Animals Quiz

What does it mean to classify animals?

• to capture it for scientific research 
• to put into a group with other animals that are similar
• to release it into the wild
• to study it in its natural environment

I have two legs and two wings. I lay eggs. I am covered with feathers. I have a beak. What am I?

• Fish

• Mammal

• Amphibian

• Bird

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

• Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

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Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?

• Vertebrate
• Invertebrate

My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs.  What am I?

• Fish
• Mammal
• Reptile
• Amphibian

I am a warm-blooded animal, give birth to live babies, have hair or fur, and drink milk from my mom. What am I?

• Fish
• Mammal
• Arthropod
• Party

I have scales or plates. I have dry scaly skin. I lay soft eggs on land. My body temperature changes in its environment because I am cold-blooded. Who am I?

• mammal

• fish

• reptile

• bird

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Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all examples of which class?

• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

Turtles, lizards, snakes and crocodiles are all examples of what class?

• Amphibians
• Reptiles
• Birds
• Mammals

Which vertebrae does not reproduce by laying eggs? 

• mammals
• fish 
• birds 
• amphibians