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Worksheetsvertebrates
Total questions: 80
Worksheet time: 42mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
2.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
3.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Amphibian
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
4.
My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water. What am I?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Fish
5.
My body is warm and covered in feathers. I lay eggs which hatch into chickens. What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Mammal
d)
Bird
6.
My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Bird
c)
Mammal
d)
Fish
7.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
8.
My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs. What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
9.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Mammal
10.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Amphibian
d)
Fish
11.
What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Fish
d)
Mammal
12.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Bird
c)
Fish
d)
Reptile
13.
What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Bird
c)
Reptile
d)
Mammal
14.
Which of the following is a vertebrate?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Arthropod
d)
Annelid
15.
Vertebrates can only be warm blooded.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Amphibians spend the first part of their lives in the fresh water breathing through gills.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Turtles only lay their eggs on land.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
If an animal is amphibious, it means it can live on land and in the water.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Mammals have feathers and wings for flying.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Tortoises have hard, scaly feet for crawling across sharp rocks and sand.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
_____ are the noses and jaws of animals.
a)
snouts
b)
tentacles
c)
prey
d)
species
22.
Alligators have very wide ___ and crocodiles have very narrow jaws.
a)
prey
b)
snouts
c)
shallow
d)
flexible
23.
Besides humans, some of the most common mammals include monkeys, _____, whales, dolphins, and seals.
a)
rodents
b)
amphibians
c)
fish
d)
snakes
24.
Lizards can lose their tails to keep from being caught by _____.
a)
predators
b)
prey
c)
species
d)
shallow
25.
Some fish have skeletons made of bone and _____.
a)
skin
b)
cartilage
c)
muscle
26.
_____ means "two lives."
a)
amphibians
b)
fish
c)
reptiles
d)
mammals
27.
All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____
a)
they give birth to live young
b)
they produce milk
c)
they breathe through gills
d)
they are covered with hair
28.
Which of the following statements is true about amphibians?
a)
They lay their eggs on land.
b)
As adults, they breathe their gills.
c)
They are cold blooded.
29.
What do mammals use to breathe with?
a)
Gills
b)
Skin
c)
Lungs
d)
Blood
30.
Where do most mammals live?
a)
Air
b)
Sea
c)
Land
d)
Sea and land
31.
Animals that begin their life in the water and live on land are called...
a)
Birds
b)
Amphibians
c)
Mammals
d)
Reptiles
32.
What class do you belong in?
a)
Birds
b)
Mammals
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
33.
Animals that have a backbone are called...
a)
Non-vertebrates
b)
Vertebrates
c)
Invertebrates
d)
Semi-vertebrates
34.
How do fish breathe?
a)
Through their gills
b)
Through their skin
c)
Through their fins
d)
Through their feathers
35.
What are fish covered with?
a)
Skin
b)
Scales
c)
Feathers
d)
Hair
36.
All birds have hair
a)
True
b)
False
37.
All animals are multi-cellular.
a)
true
b)
false
38.
Some animals are autotrophs.
a)
true
b)
false
39.
All vertebrates have an endoskeleton.
a)
true
b)
false
40.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
41.
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are part of which animal group?
a)
reptiles
b)
amphibians
c)
birds
d)
fish
42.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
43.
Which group of vertebrates lay jelly like eggs?
a)
amphibian
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
44.
Which group has a protective skin covering?
a)
birds/fish
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals/amphibians
d)
all
45.
A bat, cat, and rat are in which vertebrate group?
a)
amphibian
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
46.
Which of the following animals goes through metamorphosis?
a)
alligator
b)
frog
c)
lizard
d)
turtle
47.
Which is a characteristic of all vertebrates?
a)
digestive system with one opening
b)
offspring hatch from eggs
c)
respiratory system with lungs
d)
spinal chord enclosed in bones
48.
Which animal have lightweight, hollow bones?
a)
reptile
b)
birds
c)
fish
d)
amphibian
49.
What is the MAIN way that a dog's body maintains a constant temperature?
a)
It crowds together with other animals.
b)
It darkens its skin to absorb more heat.
c)
It tries to spend as much time in the sunlight as possible.
d)
It generates heat by converting food into energy.
50.
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
51.
What group of vertebrates are robins and owls?
a)
fish
b)
mammals
c)
amphibians
d)
birds
52.
What are animals without backbones called?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
c)
classify
d)
cold blooded
53.
What group of vertebrates are snakes and lizards?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
d)
fish
54.
1. Organisms with a body covering of feathers are classified as
a)
birds.
b)
fish.
c)
insect.
d)
mammals.
55.
Several scientists observed an animal with hair and wings. This animal is a
a)
bird.
b)
butterfly.
c)
bat.
d)
flying squirrel.
56.
Which of these is a reptile?
a)
Eagle
b)
Shark
c)
Chimpanzee
d)
Iguana
57.
What scientist studies animals?
a)
Zoologist
b)
Meteorologist
c)
Biologist
d)
Chemist
58.
How do we determine the scientific name of an animal?
a)
Kingdom and phylum
b)
Genus and species
c)
Class and species
d)
Family and class
59.
What covers a reptile and a fish's body?
a)
Scales
b)
Fur/hair
c)
Feathers
d)
Spines
60.
Fish utilize this organ to change their buoyancy.
a)
Lateral Line
b)
Gills
c)
Swim Bladder
d)
Caudal fin
61.
Why do amphibian eggs have to be in water?
a)
They do not have shells
b)
They are encased in jelly
c)
They are released easier in water
d)
To protect young from terrestrial predators
62.
Amphibians life cycle consists of...
a)
terrestrial larvae and aquatic adult
b)
aquatic adult and aquatic larvae
c)
terrestrial larvae and terrestrial adult
d)
aquatic larvae and terrestrial adult
63.
Frogs and birds both have this opening that excrement and egg/sperm leave.
a)
Anus
b)
Vaginal Canal
c)
Cloaca
d)
Colon
64.
One difference in gas exchange between fish and reptiles is that...
a)
Fish have lungs
b)
Reptiles have gills
c)
Fish can breathe through their skin
d)
Reptiles have lungs
65.
Which of the following has a 4 chambered heart?
a)
Frogs
b)
Fish
c)
Birds
d)
Reptiles
66.
Which of the following is NOT true of mammals?
a)
They have mammary glands
b)
They are endothermic
c)
They have a 3 chambered heart
d)
They have hair
67.
Which type of mammal has a pouch for their young to fully develop?
a)
Monotremes
b)
Placental
c)
Marsupials
d)
Mammial mammals
68.
Montremes are different from placental and marsupial mammals because....
a)
They have hair
b)
They are ectothermic
c)
They lay eggs
d)
They do not feed milk to their young
69.
An animal that is doing the hunting is called the:
a)
prey
b)
herbivore
c)
habitat
d)
predator
70.
Sharks belong to which group of vertebrates?
a)
Mammals
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibians
d)
Invertebrates
71.
Dolphins belong to which group of vertebrates?
a)
Mammals
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
72.
Which of the following is not a major group of fish?
a)
cartilaginous
b)
jawless
c)
bony
d)
dolphin
73.
I lay my eggs in water.
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
Reptile
d)
Both Fish and Amphibians
74.
The main groups of vertebrates are _______________________.
a)
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
b)
Mammals, marsupials, monotremes and birds
c)
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
d)
mammals, reptiles and amphibians
75.
Which group of vertebrates is found only in water?
a)
Fish
b)
Crustaceans
c)
Amphibians
d)
Fish and amphibians
76.
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
77.
Most mammals give live birth
True or False
True or False
a)
False
b)
True
78.
Mammals are cold blooded
True or false
True or false
a)
False
b)
True
79.
What is this?
a)
tasmanian wolf
b)
duck
c)
beaver
d)
platypus
80.
What is the way that bats navigate and locate food?
a)
location
b)
echolocation
c)
flying
d)
locomotion
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