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VERTEBRATES 4TH GRADE

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

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 animals are viviparous?
a)
Birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and invertebrates
b)
Mammals
c)
Humans
10.
What animals are oviparous?
a)
Animals that drink mother's milk
b)
Animals that lay eggs
11.
What animals breathe with their lungs?
a)
Mammals and birds
b)
Fish and chips
c)
Mammals, birds, reptiles and adult amphibians
d)
Humans, birds and sharks
12.
Which of these animals breathe through their gills?
a)
Fish
b)
Fish and baby amphibians
c)
Mammals, adult amphibians, reptiles and birds
13.
Which animal can breathe with their lungs and also through their moist skin?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Fish
c)
Reptiles
14.
Which animals have scales?
a)
Fish and reptiles
b)
Mammals, birds and amphibians
15.
Which group of animals have bodies covered with scales or shell?
a)
Turtles
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptiles
16.
What of these animals is a mammal?
a)
Bat
b)
Frog
c)
Crocodile
d)
Ostrich
17.
What group of vertebrates are frogs and toads?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
birds
18.
What group of vertebrates are salmon and tuna?
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
amphibians
d)
fish
19.
What group of vertebrates are snakes and lizards?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
d)
fish
20.
What group of vertebrates is a whale?
a)
mammals
b)
birds
c)
reptiles
d)
amphibians
21.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
22.
Which of the following animals goes through metamorphosis?
a)
alligator
b)
frog
c)
lizard
d)
turtle
23.
Which class of vertebrates feeds milk to its young?
a)
amphibians
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
reptiles
24.
Which kind of animal is born in water but lives on land as an adult?
a)
reptile
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
fish
25.

Choose 2 characteristics of MAMMALS:

a)

They are viviparous…

b)

They are oviparous…

c)

They breathe through lungs…

d)

They breathe through gills…

e)

They breathe through the skin…

26.
Choose 1 characteristics of BIRDS:
a)
They have hair or fur…
b)
They have scales…
c)
They have feathers…
d)
They have bare skin
27.

Choose 2 characteristics of REPTILES:

a)

They are viviparous…

b)

They are oviparous…

c)

They breathe through lungs…

d)

They breathe through gills…

e)

They breathe through the skin…

28.
Choose 1 characteristics of FISH:
a)
They have hair or fur…
b)
They have scales…
c)
They have feathers…
d)
They have bare skin
29.

Choose 2 characteristics of AMPHIBIANS:

a)

They are viviparous…

b)

They are oviparous…

c)

They breathe through lungs…

d)

They breathe through gills…

e)

They breathe through the skin…

30.
There are many different groups of mamals. Choose examples of mammal groups:
a)
Lizards and snakes
b)
Primates and Cetaceans
c)
Waterfowl
d)
Cartilaginous and bony
e)
tapdole and salamanders
31.
There are four different groups of birds. Choose examples of bird groups:
a)
Lizards and snakes
b)
Primates and Cetaceans
c)
Frightless and Waterfowl
d)
Cartilaginous and bony
e)
tapdole and salamanders
32.
There are four different groups of reptiles. Choose examples of reptile groups:
a)
Lizards and tortoises
b)
Primates and Cetaceans
c)
Frightless and Waterfowl
d)
Cartilaginous and bony
e)
tapdole and salamanders
33.
__________ have got long bodies and no legs.
a)
Lizards
b)
Snakes
c)
Crocodiles
d)
Tortoises
34.
Cartilaginous fish…
a)
...have a skeleton made of cartilage. Cartilage is not flexible.
b)
...have a skeleton made of cartilage. Cartilage is more flexible than bones.
c)
…have a skeleton made of bones and they are the most numerous group.
35.
The process of changing from a tadpole to an adult amphibian is called…
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Fireworns
c)
Metamorphosis
36.
The main group of vertebrates are…
a)
primates, birds, crocodiles amphobians and fish
b)
mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians
c)
cetaceans, songbirds, lizards, amphibians and fish
d)
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.