Classifying living things (incl. animal phyla and plants)

What is the key difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

• Vertebrates are smaller than invertebrates

• Invertebrates breathe air; vertebrates do not

• Vertebrates have backbones; invertebrates do not

• Invertebrates only live in water

The internal skeleton in some animals is referred to as a/an

• hard shell

• backbone

• vertebral column

• endoskeleton

An animal that can maintain its core temperature, despite changes to the environment, is called a/an

• mammal

• invertebrate

• endotherm

• ectotherm

Which class of vertebrates lays eggs in water and breathes through moist skin?

• Mammals

• Reptiles

• Aves

• Amphibians

Which of the following states two key features of mammals?

• Feathers & wings

• Scales & ectothermic

• hair/fur & feeding milk to young

• Gills & fins

Which class of vertebrates has dry, scaly skin and lays eggs on land?

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Aves

• Amphibians

What makes a bird different from reptiles?

• Birds are ectothermic

• Birds have feathers and wings

• Birds lay soft eggs

• Birds live only in water

Which class of vertebrates includes kangaroos, humans, and platypuses?

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Fish

What is the correct order of classification from largest to smallest?

• Species, Genus, Kingdom, Order, Class, Phylum, Family

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Kingdom, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Phylum, Species

• Phylum, Kingdom, Genus, Class, Species, Family, Order

Which of the following is NOT one of the five kingdoms?

• Animals

• Plants

• Vertebrates

• Fungi