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Vertebrate Animal Classification

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The TWO main groups of animals are... (select the best choices)

a)

Invertebrates

b)

Mammals

c)

Vertebrates

d)

Fish

2.

Which of the following is NOT a type of vertebrate?

a)

Mammal

b)

Reptile

c)

Mollusk

d)

Bird

e)

Fish

3.

Which classification of vertebrate matches the clues:

  • Has Teeth
  • Are Warm-Blooded
  • Has Fur
  • Produces Milk
a)

Amphibian

b)

Fish

c)

Reptile

d)

Mammal

4.

Which classification of vertebrate matches the clues:

  • Are Cold-Blooded
  • Usually have fins
  • Lay a large number of eggs
  • Live in water
a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Fish

d)

Mammal

5.

Which classification of vertebrate matches the clues:

  • Are Cold-Blooded
  • Lay eggs
  • Live in or near water
  • Do not have scales
a)

Amphibian

b)

Reptile

c)

Fish

d)

Bird

6.

Which classification of vertebrate matches the clues:

  • Are warm-blooded
  • Have feathers
  • Have Wings
  • Lay Eggs
a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Bird

d)

Amphibian

7.

Which classification of vertebrate matches the clues:

  • Lay Eggs
  • Are Cold-Blooded
  • Have Scales
  • Breathe through lungs
a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Reptile

8.

What word is a synonym of the word Endothermic?

a)

Plant-Eater

b)

Warm-Blooded

c)

Meat-Eater

d)

Cold-Blooded

9.

What word is an synonym of the word Ectothermic?

a)

Cold-Blooded

b)

Egg-Layer

c)

Meat-Eater

d)

Warm-Blooded

10.

I am a newt! I hatch from an egg in water. My skin is soft and moist. I can breathe underwater and on land. I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Fish

d)

Amphibian

11.

I am a hedgehog! I give birth to live babies and produce milk. I look spikey but that just the way my fur grows. I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Bird

d)

Mammal

12.

I am an ostrich! I cannot fly, but my long legs help me run fast! I do have feathers, lay eggs, and care for my babies. I am a...

a)

Mammal

b)

Reptile

c)

Bird

d)

Fish

13.

I am a crocodile! I live in or near water. I lay eggs in a nest and care for my babies. I am cold-blooded, but not just because I'm a top predator. I am a...

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Reptile

d)

Mammal

14.

I am a humpback whale. I was born in the water and will never leave the water. I have fins, give birth to babies, and breathe air. I am a...

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Reptile

15.

I am a python! I have no legs, and can taste the air with my tongue! I lay eggs, am cold-blooded, and breath air. I am a....

a)

Amphibian

b)

Mammal

c)

Fish

d)

Reptile

16.

We are parrots. We have beautiful colorful feathers. We are endothermic, lay eggs, and care for our babies. We are...

a)

Mammal

b)

Bird

c)

Amphibian

d)

Fish

17.

I am a great white! I am cold-blooded, live my whole life in water, and breathe through my gills. I am a...

a)

Mammal

b)

Amphibian

c)

Fish

d)

Reptile

18.

I am a Komodo Dragon! I hatch from an egg, am ectothermic, have scaly skin, and I breath air. I am a...

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

19.

I am a human! I am endothermic, breathe air, and my hair can be considered my fur! I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Bird

20.

I am a sea turtle. I live my whole life in the sea and only come on land to lay eggs. I am endothermic. I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Fish

d)

Mammal

21.

I am a tree frog. I hatch from an egg in the water. I have soft moist skin (you may even say I am slimey!) My body changes from when I hatch to when I am an adult. I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Fish

c)

Amphibian

d)

Mammal

22.

We are penguins. We hatch from eggs and live our life in or near the ocean. We are endothermic and have feathers. We are...

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Bird

23.

CHALLENGE QUESTION:

I am a platypus. I live my whole life in or near the water. I am endothermic and lay eggs. I have webbed feet, a bill like a duck, and produce milk I feed to my babies. I am a...

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Reptile

d)

Bird

e)

Mammal

24.

CHALLENGE QUESTION:

I am a bat. I live in nests either in trees or in caves. I am endothermic and make milk for my babies. I can fly and have leather wings. I had using sonar and echolocation. I am a...

a)

Bird

b)

Reptile

c)

Amphibian

d)

Mammal

25.

CHALLENGE QUESTION:

I am a pangolin! I am endothermic and am covered in hard, plate-like scales. I do not have teeth, but I use my claws to dig up termites and other insects to eat. Babies are born with soft scales that harden after a couple days. I even will carry my baby on my tail until they're weaned at about 3 months old. I am a...

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Fish