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WorksheetsVertebrates
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 1hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which class(es) of vertebrates have scales?
a)
All 3 classes of Fish
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
All of the above
2.
Which class(es) of vertebrates have feathers?
a)
All 3 classes of Fish
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
3.
Which class(es) of vertebrates have fur?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
4.
Respiration occurs in different ways with different animals. What structure do fish (all 3 classes with a few exceptions) use to breathe?
a)
Gills
b)
Lungs
c)
Skin
d)
All of the above
5.
Which class(es) of vertebrates are ectothermic?
a)
All 3 classes of Fish & Amphibians
b)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Birds
c)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Retiles
d)
Mammals
6.
Which class(es) of vertebrates lay their eggs in water?
a)
All 3 classes of Fish & Amphibians
b)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Birds
c)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Retiles
d)
Birds
7.
The number of chambers (parts) of an animal’s heart tells us a lot about how complex their body is and how evolved they are. How many chambers does a fish’s heart have?
a)
2
b)
2 or 3
c)
3 or 4
d)
4
8.
The number of chambers (parts) of an animal’s heart tells us a lot about how complex their body is and how evolved they are. How many chambers does an amphibian’s heart have?
a)
2
b)
2 or 3
c)
3 or 4
d)
4
9.
The number of chambers (parts) of an animal’s heart tells us a lot about how complex their body is and how evolved they are. How many chambers does a reptiles’s heart have?
a)
2
b)
2 or 3
c)
3 or 4
d)
4
10.
The number of chambers (parts) of an animal’s heart tells us a lot about how complex their body is and how evolved they are. How many chambers does a birds’s heart have?
a)
2
b)
2 or 3
c)
3 or 4
d)
4
11.
The number of chambers (parts) of an animal’s heart tells us a lot about how complex their body is and how evolved they are. How many chambers does a mammals’s heart have?
a)
2
b)
2 or 3
c)
3 or 4
d)
4
12.
Vertebrates have many unique features. Which class of vertebrates has a body made of cartilage?
a)
Cartilaginous Fish
b)
Jawless Fish
c)
Bony Fish
d)
Segmented Worms
13.
Vertebrates have many unique features. Which class of vertebrates has a name that means “double life” because it lives in two places?
a)
Dinosaurs
b)
Fish
c)
Bird
d)
Amphibians
14.
Respiration occurs in different ways with different animals. What structure do amphibians use to breathe?
a)
Gills
b)
Lungs
c)
Skin
d)
All of the above
15.
Respiration occurs in different ways with different animals. What structure do reptiles use to breathe?
a)
Gills
b)
Lungs
c)
Skin
d)
All of the above
16.
Which class(es) of vertebrates are warm-blooded?
a)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Birds
b)
Birds and mammals
c)
Mammals
d)
All 3 classes of Fish, Amphibians, and Retiles
17.
Vertebrates have many unique features. Which class of vertebrates cares for its young ?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Fish
18.
Vertebrates have many unique features. Which class of vertebrates has glands that make milk?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
19.
Which class of vertebrates has the most species?
a)
Jawless Fish
b)
Bony Fish
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
20.
All vertebrates breathe with the following body structures.
a)
skin and lungs
b)
air tubes and cells
c)
cells and skin
d)
lungs and gills
21.
All animals have the ability to _________ and _____________.
a)
hibernate; migrate
b)
eat; reproduce
c)
move; lay eggs
d)
make their own food; use food for energy
22.
What is the MAIN way that a dog's body maintains a constant temperature?
a)
It crowds together with other animals.
b)
It darkens its skin to absorb more heat.
c)
It tries to spend as much time in the sunlight as possible.
d)
It generates heat by converting food into energy.
23.
Which of the following animals goes through metamorphosis?
a)
alligator
b)
frog
c)
lizard
d)
turtle
24.
Which kind of animal is born in water but lives on land as an adult?
a)
reptile
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
fish
25.
Which group of vertebrates lay jelly like eggs?
a)
amphibian
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
26.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
27.
Frogs and salamanders are part of which animal group?
a)
reptiles
b)
amphibians
c)
birds
d)
fish
28.
Which of these vertebrates are endothermic?
a)
fish/birds
b)
amphibians/reptiles
c)
mammals/birds
d)
mammals/reptiles
29.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
30.
What characteristic do all invertebrates and vertebrates share?
a)
They all have fur.
b)
They all lay eggs.
c)
They are all multicellular.
d)
They are all ectothermic.
31.
A zebra, bat, and ground hog are animals from different parts of the world. What characteristics do all of these animals have that allow them to be in the same group?
a)
fur
b)
claws
c)
big ears
d)
webbed feet
32.
Which word means "double life":
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Bivalve
33.
When an animal has a body temperature that changes with their surroundings, they are...
a)
Endotherm
b)
Ectotherm
c)
Warm-hearted
d)
Cold-hearted
34.
When an animal has a body temperature that stays the same, they are...
a)
Endotherm
b)
Ectotherm
c)
Warm skin
d)
Cold Skin
35.
Which vertebrate groups are warm blooded (have a constant body temperature)
a)
only mammals and birds
b)
mammals, birds and reptiles
c)
only mammals
d)
all vertebrates are warm blooded
36.
Which group of vertebrates is found only in water?
a)
Fish
b)
Crustaceans
c)
Amphibians
d)
Fish and amphibians
37.
Which vertebrate groups lay eggs
a)
Birds and fish only
b)
Birds and amphibians only
c)
Birds only
d)
Birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
38.
Which 2 vertebrate groups lay eggs without a shell?
a)
amphibians and fish
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
mammals
39.
Which group of vertebrates feeds its young milk (with mammary glands)
a)
mammals
b)
both mammals and birds
c)
reptiles
d)
amphibians
40.
Which vertebrate groups have skin with scales?
a)
Only fish
b)
Only reptiles
c)
Both fish and reptiles
d)
Fish, reptiles and amphibians
41.
Another name for a backbone
a)
invertebrate
b)
humerus
c)
femur
d)
vertebrae
42.
Sharks belong to which group of vertebrates?
a)
Mammals
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibians
d)
Invertebrates
43.
Dolphins belong to which group of vertebrates?
a)
Mammals
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
44.
An emu belongs to which vertebrate group
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Amphibians
45.
The main groups of vertebrates are
a)
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
b)
Mammals, marsupials, monotremes and birds
c)
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
d)
mammals, reptiles and amphibians
46.
Which animal is an ectotherm?
a)
Penguin
b)
Deer
c)
Whale
d)
Snake
47.
Which classes of animals are endothermic?
a)
Mammals and birds
b)
mammals and amphibians
c)
birds and worms
d)
reptiles and fish
48.
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
49.
What is another word for a plant-eater?
a)
carnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
animalvore
50.
What is another word for a meat-eater?
a)
carnivore
b)
herbivore
c)
omnivore
d)
animalvore
51.
What is another word for an animal that eats both plants and other animals (meat)?
a)
carnivore
b)
animalvore
c)
herbivore
d)
omnivore
52.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
53.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Amphibian
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
54.
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
55.
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
56.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
57.
My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
58.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Mammal
59.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
60.
What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Fish
d)
Mammal
61.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Bird
c)
Reptile
d)
Mammal
62.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
63.
A Tree Frog is a...
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
Reptile
d)
Both Fish & Amphibians
64.
A snake is a....
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
Reptile
d)
Both Fish & Reptiles
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