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Animal Classification

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do scientists classify organisms?

a)

Classify according

to smell.

b)

Classify according

to sounds they make.

c)

Classify according

similarities such as

appearance, cell structure

heredity material, and

means of getting food, and

reproducing..

d)

Classify according to

their environment.

2.

What are the seven levels of classification?

a)

kingdom, plants, class,

order, animal, species,

genus

b)

B. kingdom, phylum, class,

order, family, genus, and

species

c)

C. kingdom, phylum, class,

order, animal, plant,

and genus

d)

D. kingdom, phylum, class,

order, family, species, and

genus

3.

What is an animal with a backbone called?

a)

A. Invertebrate

b)

B. Abvertebrate

c)

C. Vertebrate

d)

D. Opvertebrate

4.

A vertebrate that lives at first in the water and then

on land is called?

a)

A. An amphibian

b)

B. A Bird

c)

C. Animal Adaptation

d)

D. Snake

5.

Having a body temperature that changes with

the temperature of its surroundings is

an example of a?

a)

A. warm-blooded animal

b)

B. small-bodied animal

c)

C. long-bodied animal.

d)

D. cold-blooded animal

6.

An animal that does not have a backbone is called?

a)

A. Invertebrate

b)

B. Abvertebrate

c)

C. Vertebrate

d)

D. Opvertebrate

7.

What do you think an arthropod is?

a)

A. A member of the

mammal group.

b)

B. A member of the largest

group of invertebrates.

Insects are included in

this group.

c)

C. A spiny-skinned animal.

d)

D. An animal with

a tube foot.

8.

A crane is a member of what family?

a)

A. birds

b)

B. Reptile

c)

C. Amphibian

d)

D. Mammals

9.

A platypus is a member of what family?

a)

A. mammal

b)

B. reptile

c)

C. fish

d)

D. insects

10.

What is a hard covering that protects

an invertebrate's body called?

a)

A. shell

b)

B. head

c)

C. exoskeleton

d)

D. thorax

11.

These are cold-blooded vertebrates that live in fresh or salt water, have streamlined bodies and gills for breathing.

a)

Platypus

b)

Whale

c)

Fish

d)

Turtles

12.

Turtles, lizards, snakes, alligators,

and crocodiles are examples of what group?

a)

A. Sponges

b)

B. Reptiles

c)

C. Invertebrates

d)

D. Amphibians