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Groups of Animals

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Animals that are vertebrates have...

a)

A backbone

b)

A tail

c)

Lungs

d)

No backbone

2.

Mammals are animals that

a)

Don't have a backbone

b)

Have live young

c)

Lay eggs

d)

Live in the jungle

3.

Which of the following is a characteristic that all mammals share?

a)

they all have a pouch

b)

they all have a cloaca

c)

they all have hair

d)

they all have a short gestational period

4.

What usually covers a mammals skin?

a)

Hair

b)

Fur

c)

Scales

d)

Slime

5.

A herbivore eats........

a)

plants

b)

meat

c)

plants and meat

6.

A carnivore eats .........

a)

plants

b)

meat

c)

meat and plants

7.

Only birds have ________.

a)

stomach

b)

feathers

c)

four chambered heart

d)

all of these

8.

All Birds lay eggs.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

An animal that lives in water and has scales, fins, and gills.

a)

fish

b)

mammal

c)

insect

d)

amphibian

10.

Fish breathe using

a)

gills

b)

lungs

c)

antennae

11.

Amphibians live....

a)

in water and on land

b)

in water

c)

on land

d)

in clouds

12.

Amphibians usually lay their eggs in

a)

water

b)

sand

c)

mountains

13.

How are amphibians born?

a)

they are born as live animals

b)

they hatch from eggs

14.

Reptiles are_______.

a)

Warm blooded

b)

Hot Blooded

c)

Cold Blooded

d)

without blood.

15.

Corals are examples of _________.

a)

sponges

b)

cnidarians

c)

mollusks

16.
Insects are examples of __________.
a)
Arthropods
b)
Mollusks
c)
Annelids
17.
What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Annelid
c)
Arthropod
d)
Cnidarian
18.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
19.

What does invertebrate mean?

a)

Animals without a backbone

b)

Animals that change their form

c)

Animals with a backbone

d)

Animals that lay eggs

20.

The term used to describe the scientific study of how living things are classified.

a)

Classification

b)

Organization

c)

Domain

d)

Taxonomy

21.

The 8 levels of classification, most broad to most specific:

a)

Domain, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Species

b)

Domain, Species, Kingdom, Genus, Phylum, Family, Class, Order

c)

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

d)

Order, Kingdom, Species, Domain, Phylum, Family, Class, Genus

22.
An organism’s scientific name consists of its...
a)
Domain and kingdom
b)
Phylum and class
c)
Family and order
d)
Genus and species
23.

The group of organisms that look alike and can reproduce among themselves is known as a:

a)

Genus

b)

Phylum

c)

Species

d)

Family

24.
The 2-part naming system developed by Linneus is known as:
a)
dichotomous key
b)
taxonomy
c)
binomial nomenclature
d)
classification
25.

How many kingdoms of life are there?

a)

3

b)

6

c)

5

d)

4