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WorksheetsAnimal Classifications and Life Cycles
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a vertebrate?
a)
Animals that live in water.
b)
Animals that live on land.
c)
An animal with a backbone.
d)
Animals that are advanced/complex.
2.
What is an invertebrate?
a)
Any animal that lives in water.
b)
Animals with no organs.
c)
Animals that lay eggs.
d)
An animal without a backbone.
3.
Mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds are all __________________.
a)
invertebrates
b)
vertebrates
c)
good pets
4.
Butterfly
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
5.
Horse
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
6.
Humans
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
7.
This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?
a)
Invertebrate
b)
Vertebrate
8.
What is the last stage of the butterfly life cycle?
a)
egg
b)
pupa
c)
adult
d)
larva
9.
How many stages are there in the butterfly life cycle?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
3
d)
5
10.
What are the stages called that show how a caterpillar turns into a butterfly?
a)
Life Cycle
b)
Process
c)
Growing Up
d)
Life Steps
11.
Chrysalis is to pupa...as....caterpillar is to _____________
a)
larva
b)
pupa
c)
adult
d)
child
12.
List the four stages of the complete metamorphosis life cycles in the correct order.
a)
Egg, Pupa, Larva, Adult
b)
Egg, Larva, Pupa, Adult
c)
Adult, Egg, Larva, Pupa
d)
Adult, Egg, Pupa, Larva
13.
What is metamorphosis?
a)
process of changing from one form to another
b)
eggs hatch into small adults
c)
a wormlike stage
14.
List the stages of a frog's life cycle in order.
a)
Mother, Froglet, Tadpole, Frog, Egg
b)
Frog, Froglet, Tadpole, Adult
c)
Egg, Tadpole, Froglet, Frog
d)
Tadpole, Egg, Frog, Froglet
15.
Frogs belong to a group of animals called ________.
a)
reptiles
b)
amphibians
c)
mammals
d)
primates
16.
Tadpoles breathe using their ________.
a)
skin
b)
lungs and skin
c)
gills
d)
lungs
17.
A frog is ...
a)
an amphibian
b)
a bird
c)
a reptile
d)
a fish
18.
A duck is ...
a)
a bird
b)
a fish
c)
a mammal
d)
a reptile
19.
A snake is
a)
an amphibian
b)
a bird
c)
a reptile
d)
an insect
20.
A beetle is...
a)
a bird
b)
a fish
c)
an insect
d)
a mammal
21.
a crocodile is ...
a)
a reptile
b)
an amphibian
c)
an insect
d)
a mammal
22.
a lizard is...
a)
a reptile
b)
an amphibian
c)
a fish
d)
a mammal
23.
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
24.
I have fins, gills, scales, and lay eggs.
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
25.
Mammals are/do all except:
a)
lay eggs
b)
feed young milk
c)
have fur or hair
d)
warm blooded
26.
Birds have all except
a)
feathers
b)
2 wings
c)
lay eggs
d)
smooth, moist skin
27.
Humans are causing extiction in which ways?
a)
By over hunting animals for food or products.
b)
By destroying the natural habitat of species.
c)
By polluting the environments of the world.
d)
All of the above.
28.
What does endangered mean?
a)
It means that it no longer exits.
b)
It means that it is under threat or near extintion.
c)
It means that it is in great number.
29.
What is the main cause of extinction of tigers?
a)
It's hunting.
b)
It's disease.
c)
It's climate change.
30.
What are extinct species?
a)
Species that no longer exist
b)
Species that are in little number
c)
Species thar are in big number
31.
_______ are consumers that eat only meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
32.
________ are consumers that eat plants and meat.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
33.
Which group do fungi, bacteria, and termites belong to?
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
herbivores
d)
omnivores
34.
Which describes a decomposer?
a)
an organism that eats only plants
b)
an organism that makes its own food
c)
an organism that breaks down dead matter
d)
an organism that recieves energy from the sun
35.
A lion, captures and eats other animals. What is he considered?
a)
prey
b)
predator
c)
producer
d)
healthy
36.
How do consumers get their energy?
a)
laying in the sun
b)
eating other organisms
c)
providing food for other organisms
d)
surviving in an ecosystem
37.
You have a food chain numbered from 1-4, with 1 being the bottom and 4 being the top. Given the choice of a hawk, snake, grass and rabbit which one would be in the number 1 spot?
a)
hawk
b)
snake
c)
grass
d)
rabbit
38.
You have a food chain numbered from 1-4, with 1 being the bottom and 4 being the top. Given the choice of a hawk, snake, grass and rabbit which one would be in the number 4 spot?
a)
hawk
b)
snake
c)
grass
d)
rabbit
39.
What organism consumes both rabbits and birds?
a)
The Hawk
b)
The Wolf
c)
The Plant
d)
The Mushroom
40.
An endangered species is in danger of becoming...
a)
Extinct
b)
Threatened
c)
vulnerable
d)
none of the above
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