Plant and Animal Classification

Which correctly compares a fish and a bird?

• Birds are warm-blooded and fish are warm-blooded.

• Birds breathe through lungs and fish breathe through gills.

• Birds have live births and fish lay eggs

Warm-blooded animals always

• change their body temperatures based on their surroundings

• live in water.

• keep the same body temperature regardless of surroundings.

What example of animal is cold-blooded, lays eggs, and has scaly skin?

• whale

• alligator

• bird

• spider

Which is NOT true of a horse, cat, and pig.

• They are warm-blooded.

• They breathe through lungs.

• They have scales.

• They have live babies.

Amphibians DO NOT have which characteristic?

• Laying eggs

• Live on both land and water

• Are cold-blooded.

• Have scales

Scientists classify plants and animals into groups based on similar traits. What does classify mean?

• to group by using a a set of guides or rules.

• to find the differences between plants and animals.

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Vertebrates are

• animals that do not have backbones.

• animals with backbones

• only cold-blooded.

Invertebrates

• are only cold-blooded

• do not have a backbone

• the largest group in the animal kingdom

• All of the above.

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Which is NOT an example of a vertebrate:

• raccoon

• human

• sponge

• frog

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Which is an example of an invertebrate?

• butterfly

• honey bee

• octopus

• all of the above