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CSHS Year 7 - Classification

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What type of animal spends its entire life under water, has fins, and breathes using gills
a)
amphibian
b)
fish
c)
bird
d)
reptile
2.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
3.
What is the only type of animal that has feathers?
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
reptiles
4.
What type of animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
amphibians
d)
mammals
5.
What type of animal spends part of its life in water and part on land and lays its eggs in water?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
birds
d)
fish
6.
Which type of animal goes through a metamorphosis (body change)? 
a)
bird
b)
mammal
c)
reptile
d)
amphibian
7.
What classification of animals do humans belong to?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
reptiles
d)
amphibians
8.
What classification of animals are  vertebrae (have a backbone)?
a)
birds only
b)
reptiles only
c)
reptiles and birds but not mammals and fish
d)
mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds
9.
Which animal is warm blooded?
a)
reptiles
b)
fish
c)
mammals 
d)
amphibians
10.
Cold blooded animals
a)
Make their own heat
b)
Are the temperature of their surroundings
c)
Have blue blood
d)
Are a type of plant
11.
This is a 
a)
bird
b)
fish
c)
mammal
d)
reptile
12.
This is a 
a)
Reptile
b)
fish
c)
amphibian
d)
mammal
13.
This is a 
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
14.
This is a 
a)
Reptile
b)
Fish
c)
Mammal
d)
Amphibian
15.
This is a 
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
16.
The kingdom of _____________ includes vertebrates and invertebrates.
a)
mammalia
b)
animalia
c)
plants
d)
chordata
17.
Scientists classify animals by their...
a)
Color
b)
Size
c)
Characteristics
d)
Sound
18.
Animals that have backbones are...
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
c)
Mollusk
d)
Lobster
19.
Invertebrates do not have backbone, but they could have an...
a)
Wings
b)
Shell
c)
Exoskeleton
d)
Mouth
20.
An invertebrate with an exoskeleton hard shell...
a)
Snail
b)
Insect
c)
Worm
d)
Jellyfish
21.
How are vertebrates and invertebrates alike?
a)
They fly
b)
They have backbones
c)
They don't have backbones
d)
They reproduce
22.
Invertebrates are animals without backbones. The sponge, the octopus, and snail are examples of invertebrates. Which of these organisms is not an invertebrate?
a)
slug
b)
earthworm
c)
butterfly
d)
snake
23.
The ________ of the fish allow it to take in oxygen.
a)
fins
b)
gills
c)
scales
d)
lungs
24.
A sand dollar is an invertebrate. It does not have a backbone. What organism is most like a sand dollar?
a)
shark
b)
lizard
c)
starfish
d)
ray
25.
Which of the following is NOT an invertebrate animal group?
a)
arthropod
b)
chordate
c)
sponge
d)
cnidarian
26.
Which of the following is a characteristic of echinoderms?
a)
They have two pairs of antennae.
b)
They have "spiny skin."
c)
They have hair.
d)
They have gills.
27.
What kind of invertebrate is a crab?
a)
mollusk
b)
arthropod
c)
sponge
d)
echinoderm
28.
Which of the following is in the same group as a crab?
a)
squid
b)
leech
c)
spider
d)
sponge
29.
Which of the following do not belong to the same group?
a)
snails
b)
oysters
c)
octopuses
d)
sea stars
30.
Which of the following animals has skin without scales?
a)
dolphin
b)
snake
c)
lizard
d)
fish
31.
Which of the following animals eat only plant materials?
a)
carnivores
b)
herbivores
c)
omnivores
d)
endotherms
32.
Salamanders are an example of this group.
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
33.
Crabs, insects, and spiders are in this group.
a)
Mollusk
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Arthropod
d)
Annelid
34.
Which animal is a reptile?
a)
horse
b)
cow
c)
crocodile
d)
bee
35.
Which animal is an insect?
a)
cardinal
b)
wolf
c)
beaver
d)
ant
36.
Which animal breathes with gills?
a)
trout
b)
turtle
c)
snake 
d)
iguana
37.
Which animal is a primate?
a)
gorilla
b)
giraffe
c)
rhino
d)
hippo
38.
Which animal lays eggs?
a)
cheetah
b)
python
c)
gibbon
d)
rabbit
39.
Which animal is a vegetarian?
a)
lion
b)
coyote
c)
gorilla
d)
hawk
40.
Which animal can loose its tail and grow another?
a)
lizard
b)
crow
c)
ostrich
d)
dart frog
41.
The more classification levels an organism shares with another, the more characteristics they have in common.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
The first major division for a kingdom
a)
Phylum
b)
Class
c)
Order
d)
Genus
43.
The first word of an organism's scientific name.
a)
Class
b)
Order
c)
Genus
d)
Species
44.
This is the second word of an organism's scientific name.
a)
Class
b)
Order
c)
Genus
d)
Species
45.

Reptiles, mammals and amphibians belong to which classification level:

a)

Class

b)

Kingdom

c)

Order

d)

Phylum

46.

A key with two choices at each stage:

a)

Bichotomous key

b)

Dichotomous key

c)

Duochotomous key

d)

Trichotomous key

47.

Plants that bear their seeds on separate male and female cones in the same tree.

a)

Conifers

b)

Cycads

c)

Ferns

d)

Flowering plants

48.

Plants that bear their seeds in cones on separate male and female tree.

a)

Conifers

b)

Cycads

c)

Ferns

d)

Flowering plants

49.

Plants that reproduce using spores and vascular system for transporting water throughout the plant

a)

Conifers

b)

Cycads

c)

Ferns

d)

Flowering plants

50.

Plants that reproduce seeds fully protected inside an ovary

a)

Conifers

b)

Cycads

c)

Ferns

d)

Flowering plants

51.

One of the five kingdoms where cells have cell walls, a nucleus and no chloroplast.

a)

Animal

b)

Fungi

c)

Plant

d)

Protist

52.

One of the five kingdoms where cells have a nucleus, no cell walls and no chloroplast.

a)

Animal

b)

Fungi

c)

Plant

d)

Protist

53.

One of the five kingdoms where cells have a nucleus, cell walls and chloroplast.

a)

Animal

b)

Fungi

c)

Plant

d)

Protist

54.

One of the five kingdoms where cells have a nucleus, no cell walls and chloroplast.

a)

Animal

b)

Fungi

c)

Plant

d)

Protist

55.

What is the branch of science that deals with grouping and naming things?

a)

Classology

b)

Linguistics

c)

Taxonomy

d)

Zoology

56.

What class of plants does this tree belong to?

a)

Conifer

b)

Cycads

c)

Ginkgo

d)

Flowers

57.

What class of plants does this tree belong to?

a)

Conifer

b)

Cycads

c)

Ginkgo

d)

Flowers

58.

What class of plants does this tree belong to?

a)

Conifer

b)

Cycads

c)

Ginkgo

d)

Flowers

59.

What class of plants does this tree belong to?

a)

Conifer

b)

Cycads

c)

Ginkgo

d)

Flowers

60.

What class of plants does this tree belong to?

a)

Conifer

b)

Cycads

c)

Ginkgo

d)

Flowers

61.

What plant division (phylum) does this belong to?

a)

Ferns

b)

Flowers

c)

Mosses & Liverworts

d)

Seed-producing plants

62.

What plant division (phylum) does this belong to?

a)

Ferns

b)

Flowers

c)

Mosses & Liverworts

d)

Seed-producing plants

63.

What plant division (phylum) does this belong to?

a)

Ferns

b)

Flowers

c)

Mosses & Liverworts

d)

Seed-producing plants

64.

What plant division (phylum) does this belong to?

a)

Ferns

b)

Flowers

c)

Mosses & Liverworts

d)

Seed-producing plants