WorksheetsClassifying Animals
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are living things that make their own food?
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
decomposers
2.
Consumers eat other living things for energy
a)
true
b)
false
3.
What breaks down the remains of dead organisms to feed on them?
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
4.
What do you call animals that have a backbone?
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
c)
insects
d)
spiders
5.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians are all ____________
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
6.
What is the only vertebrae that gives birth to live babies?
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
7.
A dolphin is an example of a mammal
a)
true
b)
false
8.
What lays eggs and are covered with feathers?
a)
mammals
b)
birds
c)
amphibians
9.
Fish are cold blooded and have scales to protect their body
a)
true
b)
false
10.
A cold-blooded organisms take on the temperatures of their environments
a)
false
b)
true
11.
What lives in water and breathes with gills?
a)
fish
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
12.
Which vertebrae does not reproduce by laying eggs?
a)
mammals
b)
fish
c)
birds
d)
amphibians
13.
Invertebraes tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
a)
True
b)
False
14.
90% of animals on earth are ____________
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
15.
Behaviors that you are born knowing how to do are called ____________
a)
learned behaviors
b)
instinct
c)
acquired traits
16.
Birds knowing when and where to fly when migrating is an example of an ___________
a)
instinct
b)
learned behavior
17.
Behaviors that are taught through experiences or watching others are called _______________
a)
instincts
b)
learned behaviors
c)
inherited traits
18.
Teaching a dog to roll over by giving it a treat is an example of an instinct
a)
true
b)
false
19.
Traits that you receive from your biological parents are called ___________
a)
inherited traits
b)
acquired traits
20.
Acquired traits develop during your life, for example broken bones are an acquired trait
a)
true
b)
false
21.
What does it mean to classify animals?
a)
to release into the wild
b)
to study its natural environment
c)
to put into a group with other animals that are similar
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