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WorksheetsClassifying Animals-mammals-plants
Total questions: 46
Worksheet time: 4hrs 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which set of animals contain only mammals?
a)
centipede, earthworm, snake
b)
cat, bat, deer
c)
turtle, seagull, frog
d)
butterfly, bird, bat
2.
Mammals are animals that require what to breathe?
a)
gills
b)
skin
c)
lungs
d)
warm blood
3.
Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
4.
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
5.
What are the two major groups that animals are classified into?
a)
Invertebrates and Anthropods
b)
Mammals and Fish
c)
Birds and Reptiles
d)
Invertebrates and Vertebrates
6.
Vertebrates that have feathers, wings, and two feet are called
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Amphibians
7.
Vertebrates that drink milk from their mothers when they are young, have lungs, and have hair or fur are called
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptiles
d)
Mammals
8.
An invertebrate is an animal with no spine or backbone.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
People are vertebrates.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
When you classify you sort objects into groups based on how they are alike.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Vertebrates that live in water, have gills that help them breathe, take oxygen in through the water and mostly have scales are
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Fish
d)
Reptiles
12.
Which group is mainly asymmetrical?
Hint: Asymmetrical cannot be divided into mirror image
Hint: Asymmetrical cannot be divided into mirror image
a)
cnidaria
b)
sponges
c)
echinodermata
d)
arthropoda
13.
This kind of symmetry can be arranged around a circle,
a)
bilateral symmetry
b)
radial symmetry
c)
asymmetrical
d)
biradial symmetry
14.
Most mollusks have a soft body, and a shell, and live in water.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
I have hair or fur, give birth to live young, feed my babies milk, breathe with lungs and am endothermic (warm-blooded). What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
16.
Sponges belong to which group of animals?
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
17.
A snake is an example of a
Hint: Snakes are reptiles
Hint: Snakes are reptiles
a)
vertebrate
b)
invertebrate
c)
bacteria
d)
protist
18.
Animals whose body parts are arranged the same on both sides have
a)
radial symmetry
b)
asymmetry
c)
bilateral symmetry
d)
spherical symmetry
19.
Which of the following is a characteristic that all mammals share?
a)
they all have a pouch
b)
they all have a cloaca
c)
they all have hair/fur
d)
they all have a short gestational period
20.
Kangaroo and koala are both examples of which group of mammals?
a)
monotremes
b)
marsupials
c)
placentals
21.
Bats, dolphins, horses, humans and dogs are all examples of which group of mammals?
a)
reptiles
b)
marsupials
c)
placentals
22.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
23.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
24.
Which animal is warm blooded?
a)
reptiles
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
amphibians
25.
Cold blooded animals
a)
Make their own heat
b)
Are the temperature of their surroundings and need the sun for warmth
c)
Have blue blood
d)
Are a type of plant
26.
An animal, plant, insects, and people are all.......
a)
organisms
b)
classification
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
27.
"having" a backbone or spinal column
Examples: dog, horse, people
a)
organisms
b)
classification
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
28.
"without" a backbone
example: worm, jellyfish, spider
a)
organisms
b)
classification
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
29.
Which of the following can make their own food? Select ALL that apply.
a)
Animals
b)
trees
c)
humans
d)
flowers
30.
Science Rocks?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Grouping things based on similarities is called...
a)
organization
b)
taxonomy
c)
classification
d)
genus
32.
What is the function of a dichotomous key?
a)
solve problems
b)
group organisms
c)
studying
d)
carbon dioxide
33.
What are all living things made up of?
a)
glass
b)
water
c)
cells
d)
oxygen
34.
You would find mushrooms in which kingdom?
a)
Plantae
b)
Protists
c)
Fungi
d)
Animalia
35.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
36.
1. Organizing rocks according to their similarities is an example of the process of ______________
a)
Taxonomy
b)
Sorting
c)
Classification
d)
Grouping
37.
What are the two major groups that animals are classified into?
a)
Invertebrates and Anthropods
b)
Mammals and Fish
c)
Birds and Reptiles
d)
Invertebrates and Vertebrates
38.
An invertebrate is an animal with no spine or backbone.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
What is an exoskeleton?
a)
An animal that does not have a backbone.
b)
An upside down skeleton.
c)
A hard outer covering.
d)
An animal with a backbone.
40.
Living things that are made of two or more cells
a)
unicellular
b)
ancestory
c)
habitat
d)
multicellular
41.
The genus and species make up an organisms
a)
scientific name
b)
family
c)
group
d)
kingdom
42.
Plants are organized into 2 major groups called?
a)
Vessels and veins
b)
vascular and veins
c)
vascular and nonvascular
d)
nonvascular and vessels
43.
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
44.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
45.
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
46.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
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