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Classification of Animals

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 9hrs 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are requirements for members of the animal kingdom?

a)

Oxygen, heterotrophic, water

b)

Chloroplasts, water, Autotrophic

c)

Heterotrophic, Chloroplasts, Oxygen

d)

Water, Oxygen, Chloroplasts

2.

Which of the following are major animal phylums?

a)

Cnidarians, Arthropods, Angiosperms

b)

Mollusks, Arthropods, Cnidarians

c)

Gymnosperms, Angiosperms, Herbivores

d)

Carnivores, Mollusks, Cnidarians

3.

Which of the following groups is characterized by bilateral symmetry, jointed appendages and light, tough exoskeletons?

a)

Chordates

b)

Echinoderms

c)

Arthropods

d)

Mollusks

4.

Which phylum do humans, whales, bats, bears, and dolphins belong to?

a)

Chordates

b)

Arthropods

c)

Cnidarians

d)

Primates

5.

Choose the Cnidarian.

a)

Shark

b)

Boy

c)

Jellyfish

d)

sea cucumber

6.

Choose the arthropods.

a)

Spider, crabs, millipedes

b)

jellyfish, coral, sea star

c)

sea anemone, coral, snake

d)

grasshopper, fish, octopus

7.

Choose the echinoderms.

a)

lion, fish, boy

b)

jellyfish, coral, sea star

c)

sea anemone, hydra, lion

d)

sea cucumber, sea star, sand dollar

8.

Which of the following does not have bilateral symmetry?

a)

sea anemone

b)

shark

c)

lion

d)

spider

9.

Which is not a mollusk?

a)

squid

b)

scallop

c)

annelid

d)

snail

10.

Which of the following has radial symmetry?

a)

sea anemone

b)

coral

c)

hydra

d)

sea star

11.

Which of the following is a mammal?

a)

bird

b)

snake

c)

dolphin

d)

frog

12.

Which is not an invertebrate?

a)

sea anemone

b)

spider

c)

bird

d)

amoeba

13.

Which is not a vertebrate?

a)

robin

b)

ant

c)

lion

d)

girl

14.

An earthworm belongs to which phylum?

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Arthropod

c)

Annelid

d)

Chordate

15.

Animals are in which domain?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Archea

c)

Eukarya

16.

All animals are multicellular?

a)

True

b)

False

17.

All animals are eukaryotes.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Why are amoebas and parameciums not placed in the animal kingdom when they need oxygen, water, and to eat, move, and reproduce?

a)

They are multicellular

b)

They are unicellular

19.

How is a bird different from a worm it eats?

a)

The bird is a vertebrate and the worm is an invertebrate

b)

The bird is an invertebrate and so is the worm

c)

The bird is an invertebrate and the worm is a vertebrate

d)

The bird is a vertebrate and so is the worm.

20.

They are warm-blooded, have hair, have a backbone, and produce milk to feed their babies - what are they?

a)

Reptile

b)

Bird

c)

Mammal

d)

Amphibian

21.

What has a backbone, dry scales, breathes with lungs, is cold-blooded, and most lay eggs?

a)

Amphibian

b)

Reptile

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

22.

What has a backbone, is cold-blooded, skin is permeable, and live on land and the water?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Bird

d)

Mammal

23.

A bat is classified as a -

a)

Reptile

b)

Ambphibian

c)

Bird

d)

Mammal

24.

A snail is in what phylum?

a)

Cnidaria

b)

Mollusk

c)

Annelid

d)

Arthropod

25.

Crustaceans, Arachnids, insects, centipedes and millipedes are classified as -

a)

Arthropods

b)

Spiders

c)

Mollusks

d)

Echinoderms

26.

Bacteria are single-celled, microscopically small organisms. What do they need to function?

a)

Bacterial need food, but not water

b)

Bacteria do not need water, and they don't need food.

c)

Bacteria need food and water

d)

Bacteria need water, but not food

27.

A paramecium, flower, human, and a chipmunk all

a)

carry out photosynthesis

b)

Contain at least one cell

c)

are multicellular

d)

are consumers

28.

To what domain does this organism belong?

a)

Bactera

b)

Eukarya

c)

Archea

d)

Protista

29.

Put the levels of organization in order from most complex to least complex.

a)

cell, tissue, organ, organ systems, organisms

b)

organisms, organ systems, organ, tissue, cell

c)

cell, organism, tissue, organ, organ systems

d)

organisms, organs, organ systems, tissue, cell

30.

Which of these organisms belong in the same domain as the organism in the picture.

a)

fox, jellyfish, ant, bat

b)

jellyfish, rose, bee, whale

c)

mushroom, bush, tree, dolphin

d)

paramecium, protists, amoeba, kelp

31.

Who was the father of modern taxonomy?

a)

Carolus Linneaus

b)

Charles Darwin

c)

Gregor Mendel

d)

Robert Hooke

32.

A formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two scientific names, the genus and species.

a)

binomial nomenclature

b)

binomial naming system

c)

The Two Named System

d)

Classification System

33.

Which scientific name of a Panther is written correctly?

a)

Panthera Pardus

b)

Panthera pardus

c)

panthera pardus

d)

Panthera pardus

34.

Scientists place a newly discovered organism into a kingdom based on

a)

If they have a heart, need oxygen, & if they move

b)

How they get their food, how they get oxygen, & how many legs they have

c)

how they get their food, uni- or multicellular, & if they have a nucleus or not

d)

Pro- or Eukaryote, uni- or multicellular, & if they have pointed or flat teeth

35.

For animals to be in the same species, they must

a)

look like each other, interbreed, and be multicellular

b)

Be capable of reproducing, have offspring that can reproduce, and interbreed in nature

c)

be capable of reproducing, have offspring that can reproduce, and are look alike

d)

Live in the same habitat, look alike, and can reproduce