Unit 5 - Dynamics & Classification Study Guide

What is a species?

• A group of animals that are more like each other than they are like any other group of animals.

• A way of sorting animals by color.

• Animals that live in water only.

• Animals that can fly.

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What is the process of organizing animals by similar properties or characteristics called?

• Classification

• Migration

• Evolution

• Adaptation

The animal kingdom is first broken down into _______ and _______.

• vertebrates, invertebrates

• mammals, reptiles

• herbivores, carnivores

• fish, amphibians

Which of the following is NOT a property of mammals?

• Give live birth to young and feed them with milk

• Covered with feathers

• Have hair/fur on at least part of their body

• Warm-blooded

Which of the following is a property of birds?

• Have four limbs with digits ending in claws, nails, or hooves

• Lay eggs with a hard shell

• Breathe with gills

• Cold-blooded

Birds have _______ bones and are _______-blooded.

• hollow, warm

• solid, cold

• dense, warm

• spongy, cold

All mammals have four limbs with digits ending in claws, nails, or hooves (except whales).

• True

• False

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Which animal group lays eggs with leathery shells or gives birth to fully-formed young?

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

• Fish

• Birds

Which animal group breathes with lungs?

• Reptiles

• Fish

• Insects

• Amphibians

Which animal group is covered with scales?

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Amphibians

• Birds