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What are animals?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

1. What is an adaptation?

a)

A feature or behavior that helps an animal survive and reproduce

b)

The food that an animal eats.

c)

How energy moves in a food web.

2.
How do adaptations help animals?
a)
To hide from predators
b)
to hunt for food
c)
to survive in their habitats
d)
All of these are correct
3.

An example of a structural adaptation is...

a)

a turtle hiding inside its shell

b)

the spikes on a porcupine fish

c)

a rabbit burrowing underground

d)

a viper biting when threatened

4.

Which animal has an exoskeleton?

a)

jellyfish

b)

worms

c)

slugs

d)

insects

5.

Exoskeletons are soft.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which animals have a hydrostatic skeleton?

a)

Cow

b)

Crayfish

c)

Sea anemone

d)

Spider

7.

Hydrostatic skeletons are soft-bodied.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

Endoskeletons are skeletons outside the body.

a)

True

b)

False

9.
Which of the following is true about animals?
a)
They are heterotrophs (feed on others)
b)
They are autotrophs (create their own food)
c)
They are both heterotrophs and autotrophs
10.
Structures and behavior that allow animals to perform their functions. 
a)
Adaptation
b)
Evolution
c)
Wings
d)
Instinct 
11.
What occurs when the body can’t be divided into similar sections (mirror images)?
a)
asymmetry
b)
symmetry
c)
segmented
d)
unsegmented
12.
What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Bilateral symmetry
c)
Radial symmetry
13.
What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Bilateral symmetry
c)
Radial Symmetry
14.
What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Bilateral symmetry
c)
Radial symmetry
15.
What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Bilateral symmetry
c)
Radial symmetry
16.
What type of symmetry does this animal exhibit?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Bilateral symmetry
c)
Radial symmetry
17.
Animals whose body parts are arranged in a circle around a center point have
a)
radial symmetry
b)
spherical symmetry
c)
asymmetry
d)
bilateral symmetry
18.
Most sponges have
a)
radial symmetry
b)
bilateral symmetry
c)
spherical symmetry
d)
asymmetry
19.
What type of symmetry does this organism have?
a)
Asymmetry
b)
Radial
c)
Bilateral
20.

Animals are classified in ________________ and _______________.

a)

Domain Eukarya : Kingdom Animalia

b)

Domain Animalia : Kingdom Eukarya

c)

Domain Prokarya : Kingdom Animalia

d)

Domain Eukarya : Kingdom Plantae