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Complex Animals

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Another name for nerve chord is?

a)

backbone

b)

endoskeleton

c)

invertebrate

d)

spinal

2.

Which word does not relate to the others?

a)

backbone

b)

endoskeleton

c)

invertebrate

d)

vertebrate

3.

The prefix ‘Therm’ means

a)

temperature or heat

b)

daylight or darkness

c)

friend or foe

d)

vertebrate or invertebrate

4.

Another name for vertebrates is

a)

chordates

b)

invertebrates

c)

therms

d)

temperature

5.

Fish use these to breathe

a)

fins

b)

gills

c)

swim bladder

d)

eye

6.

If our internal body temperature stays the same we are?

a)

ectotherms

b)

endotherms

c)

endoskeleton

d)

exoskeleton

7.

Our internal skeleton ____ and ____ our body and organs.

a)

dehydration &waters

b)

builds & makes

c)

supports & protects

8.

This helps fish to maintain constant depth in the water.

a)

fins

b)

gills

c)

swim bladder

d)

eye

9.

This structure in the back usually hardens into the backbone of vertebrates.

a)

backbone

b)

notochord

c)

invertebrate

d)

vertebrate

10.

Amphibians are used as a ____ ____ to tell us the health of our environment.

a)

biological indicator

b)

dorsal fin

c)

biotic organ

d)

endotherm

11.

In Greek terms chondros means what?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

double life

d)

fish

e)

jawless

12.

In Greek terms icthyes means what?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

double life

d)

fish

e)

jawless

13.

In Greek terms amphibious means what?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

double life

d)

fish

e)

jawless

14.

In Greek terms osteon means what?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

double life

d)

fish

e)

jawless

15.

In Greek terms agnatha means what?

a)

bone

b)

cartilage

c)

double life

d)

fish

e)

jawless

16.

Animals with a short broad body and strong hind legs are?

a)

alligator

b)

dinosaur

c)

fish

d)

frog

e)

snake

17.

A legless reptile that can unhinge it's jaw is?

a)

alligator

b)

dinosaur

c)

fish

d)

frog

e)

snake

18.

An extinct reptile is?

a)

alligator

b)

dinosaur

c)

fish

d)

frog

e)

snake

19.

A rough skinned reptile with lots of teeth and a rounded snout is?

a)

alligator

b)

dinosaur

c)

fish

d)

frog

e)

snake

20.

An animal that lives in water and has fins and gills is?

a)

alligator

b)

dinosaur

c)

fish

d)

frog

e)

snake