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WorksheetsANIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 29mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Two characteristics of a mammal are __________________.
a)
cold-blooded and live birth
b)
feathers or scales covering their bodies and warm-blooded
c)
fur or hair covering their bodies and cold-blooded
d)
warm-blooded and make milk for their young
2.
Which class of animals has the following list of characteristics?
· Cold Blooded
· Lays Eggs
· Bodies are covered with dry scales
· Cold Blooded
· Lays Eggs
· Bodies are covered with dry scales
a)
Reptiles
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibians
d)
Mammals
3.
Animals that have a skull and a backbone are called _______________.
a)
Invertebrates
b)
Vertebrates
c)
Endoskeleton
d)
Exoskeleton
4.
Animals that have no backbone are called ______________.
a)
Invertebrates
b)
Vertebrates
c)
Exoskeleton
d)
Endoskeleton
5.
A complex, multicellular, eukaryotic heterotrophic organism. Most can move and reproduce sexually.
a)
Kingdom Fungi
b)
Kingdom Protista
c)
Kingdom Plantae
d)
Kingdom Animalia
6.
An animal whose body temperature remains the SAME no matter what the outside temperature could be (Warm Blooded).
a)
Endoskeleton
b)
Ectothermic
c)
Exothermic
d)
Endothermic
7.
An animal whose body temperature changes with the OUTSIDE temperature (Cold Blooded).
a)
Exothermic
b)
Endothermic
c)
Endoskeleton
d)
Endoskeleton
8.
horse, whale, and a dog are examples of what kind of animal?
a)
bird
b)
fish
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
9.
lizard, turtles, and snake are all examples of what kind of animal?
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
insect
10.
Which animals is NOT endothermic?
a)
Owl
b)
Bear
c)
Dog
d)
Newt
11.
What type of animal has a backbone?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
12.
Frogs and salamanders are which type of vertebrate that lay eggs in water?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptile
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
13.
Which organisms belong in the same kingdom as a wolf?
a)
Mushrooms and lichens
b)
Algae and amoeba
c)
Dandelion and daisy
d)
lady bug and sea jelly
14.
Which vertebrate group spends part of their lives in water and part of their lives on land?
a)
Fish
b)
Birds
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
15.
Which characteristic is NOT true of organisms in the animal kingdom?
a)
The are multicellular.
b)
They are producers.
c)
They are consumers.
d)
They usually reproduce sexually.
16.
Which of the following are endothermic?
a)
Mammals and amphibians.
b)
Reptiles and birds.
c)
Birds and mammals.
d)
Reptiles and amphibians.
17.
Both reptiles and birds---
a)
have feathers.
b)
have air sacs.
c)
migrate.
d)
lay hard-shelled eggs.
18.
Mammals are unique because--.
a)
all mammals nurse their young.
b)
all mammals lay hard-shelled eggs.
c)
only mammals have teeth.
d)
only mammals brood their young.
19.
Animals who spend most of their time in one spot are considered--
a)
to be mobile.
b)
to not be animals.
c)
to be invertebrates.
d)
to be sessile.
20.
Which Phylum has animals that lays eggs and has feathers?
a)
Birds
b)
Fish
c)
Mammals
d)
Amphibians
21.
Which animal belongs in the reptile kingdom?
a)
dog
b)
snake
c)
toad
d)
horse
22.
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
23.
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
24.
I lay eggs, have gills, scales and fins, what am I?
a)
frog
b)
dinosaur
c)
toad
d)
fish
25.
Why do scientists classify living things?
a)
to help keep information about organisms
b)
to make it easy to find information about an unknown species
c)
to communicate clearly with other scientists about organisms
d)
all of the above
26.
What would help you determine if an organism is in kingdom Animalia?
a)
Chloroplasts
b)
Unicellular
c)
Heterotroph
d)
Prokaryote
27.
A goldfish's scientific name is Carassius auratus. What would a scientist in Germany call a goldfish?
a)
Goldfisch
b)
Carassius auratus
c)
Schnell fishy
d)
How should I know, I don't speak German
28.
True or False: most animals are invertebrates.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Humans belong to the Class ____ because we are warm-blooded, have hair, and give birth to live young.
a)
Aves
b)
Mammalia
c)
Reptilia
d)
Amphibia
30.
Animals are prokaryotic.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
What are invertebrates?
a)
Animals with an endoskeleton
b)
Animals with an exoskeleton
c)
Animals with a backbone
d)
Animals without a backbone
32.
The study of how scientists classify organisms is called_____.
a)
Classification
b)
Taxonomy
c)
Kingdom
d)
Order
33.
Organisms are placed into this classification based on the number of cells in their body and their ability to make food.
a)
Kingdom
b)
Phylum
c)
Class
d)
Order
34.
The first major division for a kingdom
a)
Phylum
b)
Class
c)
Order
d)
Genus
35.
The first word of an organism's scientific name.
a)
Class
b)
Order
c)
Genus
d)
Species
36.
This is the second word of an organism's scientific name.
a)
Class
b)
Order
c)
Genus
d)
Species
37.
Means they cannot make their own food and must get energy by consuming other plants or animals
a)
heterotroph
b)
autotroph
38.
Which of the following animals has skin without scales?
a)
dolphin
b)
snake
c)
lizard
d)
fish
39.
Lungs and moist skin are characteristics of which of the following vertebrates?
a)
amphibians
b)
fish
c)
reptiles
d)
lizards
40.
They breathe underwater using gills. They have scales and fins.
a)
Birds
b)
Mammals
c)
Fish
41.
Genus and species of this wolf
a)
Felis lupus
b)
Canis lupus
c)
Animalia
d)
Chordata
42.
Species is always
a)
Capitalized
b)
lower case
43.
Broadest level of animal classification?
a)
Chordata
b)
Phylum
c)
Kingdom
d)
Species
44.
The species name for dogs
a)
Canis
b)
Canis lupus
c)
Canis lupus familiaris
d)
Canidae
45.
Which of the following is an mammal family?
a)
Mammalia
b)
Chordata
c)
porosis
d)
Cervidae
46.
Which of the following is a mammal order?
a)
Carnivora
b)
Felidae
c)
Chordata
d)
Mammalia
47.
The Komodo dragon is a species within the genus
a)
Varanidae
b)
Reptila
c)
Varanus
d)
komododinsus
48.
The fennec fox is in the class
a)
Mammalia
b)
Canidae
c)
Canis
d)
Carnivora
49.
A tiger raised on a bottle in captivity and used in daily animal shows is
a)
tame
b)
domesticated
c)
wild
50.
This order has carnassial teeth.
a)
Insectivora
b)
Chirpotera
c)
Carnivora
d)
Reptilia
51.
The orca is an carnivore and a mammal so it is in the order Carnivora. True or false?
a)
True
b)
False
52.
The American opossum is in the order
a)
Carnivora
b)
Marsupuilia
c)
Insectivora
d)
Cetecea
53.
The Nile crocodile is in the order carnivora.
a)
True
b)
False
54.
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a)
True
b)
False
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