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Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are all ___.

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

2.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

3.

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

a)

Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

b)

Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

c)

Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

d)

Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

4.

Is this animal a vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

invertebrates

b)

vertebrates

5.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

6.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

7.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

8.

Are these animals vertebrates or invertebrates?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

9.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

10.

Vertebrates are animals with ____.

a)

backbones

b)

special tubes

c)

no backbones

d)

no special tubes

11.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

12.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

13.

Crabs, lobsters, and shrimp with hard exoskeletons are ___.

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

14.

Vertebrates and invertebrates are groups in the ____ Kingdom.

a)

Plant

b)

Protist

c)

Monera

d)

Fungi

e)

Animal

15.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

16.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

17.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

an animal without a backbone

b)

mammals

c)

birds

d)

an animal with a backbone

18.
This group has feathers/
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
19.
This group feeds milk to its young.
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
d)
reptile
20.
Many animals in this group go through metamorphosis (bodies change as they get older).
a)
fish
b)
reptile
c)
amphibian
d)
mamma;
21.
All invertebrates _________
a)
Have a backbone
b)
Do not have a backbone
c)
Are really just Vertebrates
d)
Have a nerve cord
22.

cold blooded vertebrate animals with dry, scaley skin

a)

amphibians

b)

reptiles

c)

birds

d)

fish

23.
hairy warm blooded animals that feed their babies milk
a)
mammals
b)
marsupials
c)
monotremes
d)
macropods
24.
What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?
a)
Vertebrates are always smaller than invertebrates.
b)
Invertebrates always live in the water.
c)
Vertebrates have a backbone but invertebrates do not.
d)
Vertebrates and invertebrates are the same.
25.
Mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds are all __________________.
a)
invertebrates
b)
vertebrates
c)
good pets
26.
Humans are vertebrates.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
28.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
29.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

30.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

31.

This animal is vertebrate or invertebrate?

a)

Invertebrate

b)

Vertebrate

32.

This vertebrate breathes through gills, lives in water, and has scales and fins.

a)

bird

b)

fish

c)

reptile

d)

mammal

33.

This vertebrate is endothermic, breathes with lungs, has babies that are born live, has fur or hair, and produces milk to feed its young.

a)

bird

b)

fish

c)

amphibian

d)

reptile

e)

mammal

34.

Arthropods have this outer covering that protects them.

a)

vertebrae

b)

scales

c)

exoskeleton

d)

feathers

e)

tube-like spine

35.

Which of the following are NOT vertebrates?

a)

amphibians

b)

arthropods

c)

mammals

d)

reptiles

e)

fish

36.

Which of the following are NOT invertebrates?

a)

sponges

b)

reptiles

c)

echinoderms

d)

arthropods

e)

mollusks

37.

This is an identifying characteristic of a bird.

a)

lay jelly-like eggs

b)

have shells

c)

2 wings and 2 feet

d)

gills

38.
I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, breathe with lungs, and am ectothermic (cold-blooded). What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammals
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
39.
The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs
a)
amphibians
b)
arthropods
c)
mammals
d)
fish
40.
Fish take in oxygen through their?
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
41.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
42.
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
43.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
44.
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
45.
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
46.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals

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