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Animal Classification

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This phylum has radial symmetry and moves using tube feet (sand dollar, sea star)

a)

echinoderms

b)

arachnids

c)

arthropods

d)

crustaceans

2.

Organisms in this phylum have a soft body and a mantle that sometimes forms a shell (oyster, octopus)

a)

echinoderms

b)

arthropods

c)

mollusks

d)

roundworms

3.

A(n) __ gets its food from water that flows through its body.

a)

jellyfish

b)

ostrich

c)

sponge

d)

crab

4.

Having two sides the same when divided down the middle

a)

radial

b)

asymmetry

c)

bilateral

d)

nematocyst

5.

What is the correct classification for worms that are smooth and round and may be parasites?

a)

mollusks

b)

roundworms

c)

echinoderms

d)

flatworms

6.

Shrimp and spiders are both considered to be __ because they have jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton.

a)

annelids

b)

mammals

c)

echinoderms

d)

arthropods

7.

What is the correct classification for a blue crab?

a)

bony fish

b)

reptile

c)

crustacean

d)

arachnid

8.

What is the correct classification for a honeybee?

a)

arachnid

b)

crustacean

c)

amphibian

d)

insect

9.

What is the correct classification for a salamander?

a)

amphibian

b)

arachnid

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

10.

What is the correct classification for a lizard?

a)

amphibian

b)

crustacean

c)

mammal

d)

reptile

11.

What is the correct classification for a trout?

a)

crustacean

b)

bony fish

c)

reptile

d)

amphibian

12.

What is one main difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

a)

body temperature

b)

backbones

c)

feathers

d)

eating habits

13.

Which of these is NOT an arthropod?

a)

arachnid

b)

crustacean

c)

insect

d)

annelid

14.

Which of these is NOT a mollusk?

a)

oyster

b)

nudibranch

c)

nematocysts

d)

squid

15.

Which of these characteristics do echinoderms have?

a)

setae

b)

mantles

c)

nematocysts

d)

radial symmetry

16.

Which animal does not belong in this group?

a)

a sponge

b)

coral

c)

jelly fish

d)

sea anemone

17.

Which group of animals eat both plants and animals?

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

insectivores

d)

omnivores

18.

Which group of animals spends part of their lives in water and part on land, and most lay eggs in water?

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

reptiles

19.

Which group of animals is warm-blooded, has feathers, and most can fly?

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

reptiles

20.

All arthropods have __.

a)

jointed legs, a segmented body, and an exoskeleton

b)

three pairs of legs and three body parts

c)

antennae and claws

d)

wings and four stages of metamorphosis

21.

Arthropods with many body segments and many pairs of legs may be either __.

a)

centipedes or millipedes

b)

arachnids or crustaceans

c)

crustaceans or insects

d)

arachnids or insects

22.

The stages of __ metamorphosis are egg, nymph, and adult

a)

incomplete

b)

complete

23.

The stages of __ metamorphosis are adult, egg, larva, and pupa

a)

incomplete

b)

complete

24.

Arthropods are the only phylum in the animal kingdom that is made up of vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The peregrin falcon is the worlds largest flying bird.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Diurnal animals are active mostly at night.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The bat is the only mammal that can fly.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Monotremes are mammals that lay eggs.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Bats and dolphins use __ to locate objects.

a)

radio waves

b)

sonar

c)

echolocation

d)

global positioning

30.

A substance like bone but softer and more bendable

a)

cartilage

b)

tendon

c)

muscle

d)

tissue

31.

Some animals have a layer of a fatty substance called __ that insulates them from the cold.

a)

saturation

b)

blubber

c)

flubber

d)

slubber

32.

A group of vertebrates that are warm-blooded and that breathe with lungs are called __.

a)

arachnids

b)

mammals

c)

annelids

d)

crustaceans

33.

A mammal that has a pouch outside of its body for its young is called a __.

a)

monotreme

b)

primate

c)

marsupial

d)

omnivore

34.

Eats mainly insects

a)

insectivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

35.

Eats other animals

a)

insectivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

36.

Eats only plants

a)

insectivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

d)

herbivore

37.

Tiny stinging cells found on some animals

a)

parasite

b)

filters

c)

symmetry

d)

nematocyst

38.

Describes an animal with a backbone

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

39.

Has two sides the same when divided down the middle

a)

radial symmetry

b)

bilateral symmetry

c)

asymmetry

40.

Lives on or in another living organism and depends on the host for nourishment

a)

parasite

b)

free-living

c)

filter feeder

d)

amoeba

41.

Has body parts that repeat around a central part

a)

radial symmetry

b)

bilateral symmetry

c)

asymmetry

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