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WorksheetsClassifying Animals
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
When a living thing is full grown, it can _____________________ , or make more of its own.
a)
reproduce
b)
hibernate
c)
sprout
d)
organism
2.
a living thing
a)
habitat
b)
organism
c)
population
d)
environment
3.
an animal with a backbone is called
a)
vertebrate
b)
invertebrate
c)
organism
d)
pupae
4.
What are living things that make their own food?
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
decomposers
5.
Consumers eat other living things for energy
a)
true
b)
false
6.
What breaks down the remains of dead organisms to feed on them?
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
decomposers
7.
What do you call animals that have a backbone?
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
c)
insects
d)
spiders
8.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians are all ____________
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
9.
What is the only vertebrae that gives birth to live babies?
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
10.
A dolphin is an example of a mammal
a)
true
b)
false
11.
What lays eggs and are covered with feathers?
a)
mammals
b)
birds
c)
amphibians
12.
Fish are cold blooded and have scales to protect their body
a)
true
b)
false
13.
A cold-blooded organisms take on the temperatures of their environments
a)
false
b)
true
14.
What lives in water and breathes with gills?
a)
fish
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
15.
Which vertebrae does not reproduce by laying eggs?
a)
mammals
b)
fish
c)
birds
d)
amphibians
16.
Invertebraes tend to be small because they do not have a backbone
a)
True
b)
False
17.
90% of animals on earth are ____________
a)
invertebraes
b)
vertebraes
18.
Behaviors that you are born knowing how to do are called ____________
a)
learned behaviors
b)
instinct
c)
acquired traits
19.
Birds knowing when and where to fly when migrating is an example of an ___________
a)
instinct
b)
learned behavior
20.
Teaching a dog to roll over by giving it a treat is an example of an instinct
a)
true
b)
false
21.
Traits that you receive from your biological parents are called ___________
a)
inherited traits
b)
acquired traits
22.
Acquired traits develop during your life, for example broken bones are an acquired trait
a)
true
b)
false
23.
What does it mean to classify animals?
a)
to release into the wild
b)
to study its natural environment
c)
to put into a group with other animals that are similar
24.
Which set of animals contain only mammals?
a)
centipede, earthworm, snake
b)
cat, bat, deer
c)
turtle, seagull, frog
d)
butterfly, bird, bat
25.
Mammals are animals that require what to breathe?
a)
gills
b)
skin
c)
lungs
d)
warm blood
26.
Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
27.
What does it mean to classify animals?
a)
to capture it for scientific research
b)
to put into a group with other animals that are similar
c)
to release it into the wild
d)
to study it in its natural environment
28.
What are the two major groups that animals are classified into?
a)
Invertebrates and Anthropods
b)
Mammals and Fish
c)
Birds and Reptiles
d)
Invertebrates and Vertebrates
29.
Vertebrates that have feathers, wings, and two feet are called
a)
Reptiles
b)
Birds
c)
Mammals
d)
Amphibians
30.
Vertebrates that drink milk from their mothers when they are young, have lungs, and have hair or fur are called
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptiles
d)
Mammals
31.
An invertebrate is an animal with no spine or backbone.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
People are vertebrates.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
When you classify you sort objects into groups based on how they are alike.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Vertebrates that live in water, have gills that help them breathe, take oxygen in through the water and mostly have scales are
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Fish
d)
Reptiles
35.
I have hair or fur, give birth to live young, feed my babies milk, breathe with lungs and am endothermic (warm-blooded). What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
36.
Sponges belong to which group of animals?
a)
Vertebrates
b)
Invertebrates
37.
A snake is an example of a
Hint: Snakes are reptiles
Hint: Snakes are reptiles
a)
vertebrate
b)
invertebrate
c)
bacteria
d)
protist
38.
What type of animal has dry scaly skin and lays its eggs on land?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
mammal
39.
Which animal is warm blooded?
a)
reptiles
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
amphibians
40.
"having" a backbone or spinal column
Examples: dog, horse, people
a)
organisms
b)
classification
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
41.
"without" a backbone
example: worm, jellyfish, spider
a)
organisms
b)
classification
c)
vertebrate
d)
invertebrate
42.
Vertebrates are divided into 5 categories. Which of the following is NOT a vertebrate category?
a)
Reptiles
b)
Amphibians
c)
birds
d)
arachnids
43.
Which of the following can make their own food? Select ALL that apply.
a)
Animals
b)
trees
c)
humans
d)
flowers
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