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Classifying Animals

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which action will be most helpful in getting animals off of the endangered species list?
a)
move animals to zoos
b)
move animals to farms
c)
protect the habitat of the animal
d)
give different food to the animals
2.
Which set of animals contain only mammals?
a)
centipede, earthworm, snake
b)
cat, bat, deer
c)
turtle, seagull, frog
d)
butterfly, bird, bat
3.
Which animal moves by mostly moving its tail?
a)
bird
b)
dog
c)
fish
d)
monkey
4.
You can identify a mammal by looking at its
a)
sand
b)
hair
c)
water
d)
air
5.
Mammals are animals that require what to breathe?
a)
gills
b)
skin
c)
lungs
d)
warm blood
6.
Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
7.
What are gills?
a)
structures that fish use to take in oxygen
b)
structures that fish use to swim
c)
structures that birds use to take in oxygen
d)
structures that birds use to fly
8.
What is one thing all animals have in common?
a)
All animals have fur
b)
All animals breathe through lungs
c)
All animals can walk
d)
All animals eat other organisms for food
9.
Most of the animals on Earth are
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
arthropods
d)
mollusks
10.
Which animal group spends part of their lives in the water and part on land?
a)
fish
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
11.
What does it mean to classify animals?
a)
to capture it for scientific research 
b)
to put into a group with other animals that are similar
c)
to release it into the wild
d)
to study it in its natural environment