WorksheetsVertebrates and Invertebrates
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Is this animal an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
a)
Invertebrate
b)
Vertebrate
2.
Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
3.
I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, breathe with lungs, and am ectothermic (cold-blooded). What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammals
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
4.
The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs
a)
amphibians
b)
arthropods
c)
mammals
d)
fish
5.
Fish take in oxygen through their?
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
6.
What is an invertebrate?
a)
An animal with a backbone
b)
a mammal
c)
An animal without a backbone
d)
birds
7.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
8.
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
9.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
10.
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
11.
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
12.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
13.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
14.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
15.
What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
a)
Vertebrates are always smaller than invertebrates.
b)
Invertebrates always live in the water.
c)
Vertebrates have a backbone but invertebrates do not.
d)
Vertebrates and invertebrates are the same.
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