WorksheetsVertebrates and Invertebrates
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
2.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
3.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Amphibian
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
4.
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
5.
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
6.
My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
7.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
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.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Mammal
10.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
11.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
12.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Bird
c)
Reptile
d)
Mammal
13.
Which of the following is a vertebrate?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Arthropod
d)
Annelid
14.
I live part of my life in water and part on land. I am born with gills but grow lungs. I am ectothermic (cold-blooded). I have moist smooth skin. What am I?
a)
fish
b)
bird
c)
amphibian
d)
mammal
15.
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are all examples of which class?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
16.
Which class has organisms with dry, scaly skin?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
17.
Which class has organisms with moist skin?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Reptiles
c)
Birds
d)
Mammals
18.
As adults, amphibians breathe through _____________.
a)
Gills and skin
b)
Lungs and gills
c)
Lungs and skin
d)
Feet
19.
Fish take in oxygen through their
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
20.
What group(s) are endotherms?
a)
birds & reptiles
b)
mammals & birds
c)
mammals & reptiles
d)
mammals & dinosaurs
21.
What do birds have that other animals don't have?
a)
feathers
b)
wings
c)
two legs
d)
eyes
22.
All birds have___________.
a)
teeth
b)
long legs
c)
heavy bones
d)
beaks
23.
Mammals breathe with...
a)
lungs
b)
gills
c)
lungs and gills
d)
lungs, gills, and skin
24.
Mammals are covered with...
a)
scales
b)
fur or hair
c)
smooth, moist skin
d)
feathers
25.
Mammals are _____________ blooded.
a)
cold
b)
warm
26.
Birds breathe with...
a)
gills
b)
gills and lungs
c)
lungs
d)
gills, lungs, and skin
27.
Birds are __________ blooded.
a)
warm
b)
cold
28.
Amphibians are covered with...
a)
scales
b)
fur or hair
c)
feathers
d)
smooth, moist skin or dry bumpy skin
29.
Ectothermic means....
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
30.
Endothermic means...
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
31.
Vertebrates are...
a)
animals that live in water
b)
animals without a backbone
c)
animals that live on land
d)
animals with a backbone
32.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
33.
This is a picture of a....
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
fish
d)
reptile
34.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
35.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
36.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
fish
d)
reptile
37.
This is a picture of a...
a)
mammal
b)
bird
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
38.
What word means body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
39.
What word means to divide into groups?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
40.
What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
41.
What group of vertebrates is a mouse?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
amphibians
d)
birds
42.
What group of vertebrates is an elephant?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
amphibians
d)
birds
43.
What are animals without backbones called?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
classify
d)
cold blooded
44.
What are the five groups of vertebrates?
a)
mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and birds
b)
mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
c)
snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds
d)
worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish, sponges
45.
Invertebrates are animals
a)
with a backbone
b)
without a backbone
46.
Sponges, segmented worms, echinoderms, arthropods, and mollusks belong in which group?
a)
endothermic
b)
ectothermic
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
47.
Between 90-95% of all animals on earth can be classified as _____.
a)
invertebrates
b)
vertebrates
c)
reptiles
d)
mammals
48.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
49.
Frogs and salamanders are part of which animal group?
a)
reptiles
b)
amphibians
c)
birds
d)
fish
50.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
51.
Which kind of animal is born in water but lives on land as an adult?
a)
reptile
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
fish
52.
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
53.
________ ___________ is all about placing animals into different groups depending on how they are like.
a)
Animal grouping
b)
Animal classification
c)
Animal criteria
d)
Animal groups
54.
Sponges are...
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
55.
Which animal doesn't belong?
a)
snail
b)
cat
c)
worm
d)
spider
56.
Which animal doesn't belong?
a)
Frog
b)
Salamander
c)
Snake
d)
Newt
57.
Which animal doesn't belong?
a)
mouse
b)
hawk
c)
bear
d)
fox
58.
which of the following is not a mammal?
a)
duck
b)
cow
c)
horse
d)
pig
59.
True or False:
Vertebrates have an exoskeleton.
Vertebrates have an exoskeleton.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Is the picture a vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
61.
Is this animal an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
a)
Invertebrate
b)
Vertebrate
62.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
c)
Neither
63.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
c)
Neither
64.
Vertebrate or Invertebrate?
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
c)
Neither
65.
Plants can make their own food.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
Shrimp, Sponges, and Sea Stars
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
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