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Classifying Animals

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does it mean to classify animals?

a)

Sort animals into different groups

b)

Showing how animals are alike

c)

Both answers are correct

2.

A vertebrate is an animal...

a)

with a spine or backbone

b)

without a spine or backbone

3.

An invertebrate is an animal...

a)

with a spine or backbone

b)

without a spine or backbone

4.
What are the two major groups that animals are classified into?
a)
Invertebrates and Anthropods
b)
Mammals and Fish
c)
Birds and Reptiles
d)
Invertebrates and Vertebrates
5.

What is an example of an invertebrate?

a)

Turtle

b)

Frog

c)

Snail

d)

Owl

6.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians are all ____________
a)
invertebraes 
b)
vertebraes 
7.

Which of the following BEST describes a mammal?

a)

Cold blooded and has scales.

b)

Has hair on body, warm blooded, breathes with lungs.

c)

Born in the water and breathes through gills.

8.
Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
9.

Which best describes the animal in the picture above?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

10.

Which best describes the animal in the picture above?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

11.
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
12.

I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. I am warm blooded. What am I?

a)

Mammal

b)

Fish

c)

Amphibian

d)

Reptile

13.
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
14.
Classify the animal pictured.
a)
Mammal
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Amphibians 
15.
Classify the animal pictured.
a)
Amphibian 
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Mammal
16.
Classify the animal pictured.
a)
Amphibian 
b)
Reptile
c)
Fish
d)
Mammal
17.
Classify the animal pictured.
a)
Amphibian 
b)
Bird
c)
Insect
d)
Mammal
18.
This group feeds milk to its young.
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
d)
reptile
19.

Humans are _______________________.

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Amphibian

d)

Bird

20.
A cold-blooded organisms take on the temperatures of their environments
a)
false
b)
true 
21.

Which group does a dolphin go in?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammals

d)

Fish

e)

Bird

22.

Roxy's class takes a trip to a nature museum. One display tells about forest animals that lay eggs. Which of these animals could be in the display?

a)

deer

b)

rabbit

c)

raccoon

d)

snake

23.
What is an exoskeleton?
a)
An animal that does not have a backbone.
b)
An upside down skeleton.
c)
A hard outer covering.
d)
An animal with a backbone.
24.

Not all vertebrates have backbones.

a)

True

b)

False

25.
A hard outer structure, such as the shell of an insect, that provides protection for an organism. 
a)
Endoskeleton
b)
Skeleton
c)
Exoskeleton
d)
Cybernetic Skeleton 

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