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Classifying Animals

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an example of an invertebrate?

a)

Turtle

b)

Frog

c)

Snail

d)

Owl

2.

What is a vertebrate?

a)

Animals that can walk on two legs

b)

Animals that do not have a spine

c)

Animals that can fly

d)

Animals that have a spine

3.

What is adaption?

a)

A special skill which helps an animal to survive and do everything it needs to do

b)

A special skill which helps an animal find all of its food for the winter

c)

A special skill which helps an animal sleep over the summer

d)

A special skill which helps an animal eat and sleep

4.

What are some examples of a vertebrate?

a)

Elephant

b)

Spider

c)

Shark

d)

Crayfish

e)

Humans

5.

What is invertebrate?

a)

Animals that can sleep all winter

b)

Animals that do not have a spine

c)

Animals that have only 30 bones

d)

Animals that have a spine

6.

What is physical adaption?

a)

Some type of structural modification made to a part of the body.

b)

How fast an animal can run

c)

Something an animal does

d)

How high an animal can jump

7.

What are some examples of behavioral adaptations?

a)

Claws

b)

Migration

c)

Fur

d)

Long nails

e)

Dormancy

8.

What is behavioral adaptation?

a)

Something an animal does

b)

Some type of structural modification made to a part of the body

c)

The way animals talk to each other

d)

The way an animal looks

9.

What are some examples of physical adaptations?

a)

Large beaks

b)

Wings

c)

Camouflage

d)

Scales

10.

What is migration?

a)

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

b)

To blend in with their surroundings.

c)

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

d)

The condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.

11.

What is dormancy?

a)

To blend in with their surroundings.

b)

The condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.

c)

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

d)

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

12.

What is hibernation?

a)

The condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.

b)

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

c)

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

d)

To blend in with their surroundings.

13.

What is camouflage?

a)

The state of having normal physical functions suspended or slowed down for a period of time; deep sleep.

b)

The condition or period of an animal or plant spending the winter in a dormant state.

c)

To blend in with their surroundings.

d)

Seasonal movement of animals from one region to another.

14.

What is heredity?

a)

The passing of animals in a field.

b)

Every spring the animals migrate.

c)

What kinds of foods animals eat.

d)

The passing on of traits from parents to their offspring.

15.

What is extinction?

a)

Particular animal species occurs when there are individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world.

b)

Particular animal species occurs when there are no more individuals of that species alive anywhere in the world.

c)

Particular animal species occurs when there are no more individuals of that species alive in a certain area.

d)

Particular animal species occurs when there are individuals of that species alive all around the world.