Invertbrates

Eduarda is looking at a group of animals in her backyard, including earthworms and flies. She wonders, what are animals WITHOUT backbones?

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• mammals

While visiting an aquarium, Aliyah sees a jellyfish and wonders about its classification. Is a jellyfish a vertebrate or an invertebrate?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

Sophia is observing different arthropods in her garden. She notices one with six jointed legs and wonders what type of arthropod it is. What type of arthropod has six jointed legs?

• arachnid

• myriapod

• insect

Alayna is exploring her backyard and finds a creature with legs that have joints, a segmented body, and a hard covering on the outside of its body. What type of invertebrate did Olivia most likely find?

• mammal

• fish

• arthropod

• reptile

Jacob is visiting an aquarium and learns that a lobster is an invertebrate that lives on/in ____________.

• water

• land

• trees

_______________ are animals that move very little and their bodies are full of holes.

• exoskeleton

• sponges

• arthropod

• sea urchins

Alexa is visiting a natural history museum and sees a display about animal diversity. She wonders, most of the animals on Earth are?

• invertebrates

• vertebrates

• mammals

• birds

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What famous cartoon features invertebrates as their main characters?

• SpongeBob Square Pants

• Scooby Doo

• Flintstones

Sebastian is visiting a science museum and sees an exhibit about invertebrates. He reads that there are three main types of invertebrates. Which types of invertebrates does Sebastian learn about?

• mollusks

• worms

• arthropods

• snakes

Which are invertebrates?

• spiders

• clams

• fish

• lobsters