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WorksheetsVertebrates
Total questions: 49
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Mammals are covered with...
a)
scales
b)
fur or hair
c)
smooth, moist skin
d)
feathers
2.
Birds are covered with...
a)
feathers
b)
scales
c)
moist skin
3.
Mammals breathe with...
a)
lungs
b)
gills
c)
lungs and gills
d)
lungs, gills, and skin
4.
Birds breathe with...
a)
gills
b)
gills and lungs
c)
lungs
d)
gills, lungs, and skin
5.
Birds...
a)
have live young
b)
live young and lay eggs
c)
lay eggs
6.
Fish are covered with...
a)
scales
b)
scales and skin
c)
fur or hair
7.
Most fish breathe with...
a)
lungs
b)
gills
8.
How do fish give birth?
a)
Most lay eggs
b)
Live birth only.
9.
Reptiles are covered with...
a)
smooth, moist skin
b)
fur or hair
c)
feathers
d)
scales or shells
10.
Reptiles breathe with....
a)
gills
b)
gills and lungs
c)
lungs
d)
lungs, gills, and skin
11.
How do reptiles give birth?
a)
lay eggs
b)
give live birth
12.
Amphibians are covered with...
a)
scales
b)
fur or hair
c)
feathers
d)
smooth, moist skin or dry bumpy skin
13.
Amphibians breathe with...
a)
lungs
b)
gills
c)
lungs, gills, and skin
d)
skin
14.
How do amphibians give birth?
a)
lay eggs
b)
have live young
15.
Vertebrates are...
a)
animals that live in water
b)
animals without a backbone
c)
animals that live on land
d)
animals with a backbone
16.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
17.
This is a picture of a....
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
18.
This is a picture of a....
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
fish
d)
reptile
19.
This is a picture of a
a)
mammal
b)
reptile
c)
amphibian
d)
bird
20.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
21.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
22.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
fish
d)
reptile
23.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
24.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
25.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
26.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Mammal
27.
What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Fish
d)
Mammal
28.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
29.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Bird
c)
Reptile
d)
Mammal
30.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
31.
My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
32.
My body is warm and covered in feathers. I lay eggs which hatch into chickens. What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Mammal
d)
Bird
33.
My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water. What am I?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Fish
34.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one of these is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
35.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
36.
What word means to divide into groups?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
37.
What word means body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
38.
What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
39.
What are animals without backbones called?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
classify
d)
cold blooded
40.
Which word means the bones which form the framework of the body?
a)
cold blooded
b)
classify
c)
vertebrate
d)
skeleton
41.
Amphibians are _______ blooded.
a)
cold
b)
warm
42.
I live part of my life in water and part on land. I am born with gills but grow lungs. I am ectothermic (cold-blooded). I have moist smooth skin. What am I?
a)
fish
b)
bird
c)
amphibian
d)
mammal
43.
I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, am ectothermic (cold-blooded), and often have scaly skin which holds in the water. What am I?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
birds
d)
reptile
44.
What are the five groups of vertebrates?
a)
mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and birds
b)
mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
c)
snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds
d)
worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish, sponges
45.
Why do scientists classify animals?
a)
The animal kingdom is too small.
b)
To make more work for themselves.
c)
The animal kingdom is too big.
d)
To make it more confusing.
46.
Which of these is a reptile?
a)
Eagle
b)
Shark
c)
Chimpanzee
d)
Iguana
47.
What scientist studies animals?
a)
Zoologist
b)
Meteorologist
c)
Biologist
d)
Chemist
48.
How do we determine the scientific name of an animal?
a)
Kingdom and phylum
b)
Genus and species
c)
Class and species
d)
Family and class
49.
What covers a reptile and a fish's body?
a)
Scales
b)
Fur/hair
c)
Feathers
d)
Spines
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