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Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the meaning of vertebrates?

a)

Animals that have scales

b)

Animals that give birth

c)

Animals with backbones

d)

Animals with no backbones

2.

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.

3.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

4.

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

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

5.

This group has feathers

a)

fish

b)

reptile

c)

bird

d)

mammal

6.
This group feeds milk to its young.
a)
birds
b)
mammals
c)
fish
d)
reptile
7.
All invertebrates _________
a)
Have a backbone
b)
Do not have a backbone
c)
Are really just Vertebrates
d)
Have a nerve cord
8.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
9.
Which of the following is an example of a crustacean?
a)
squid
b)
crab
c)
earth worm
d)
bumble bee
10.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

11.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

12.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

invertebrate

b)

vertebrate

13.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

an animal without a backbone

b)

mammals

c)

birds

d)

an animal with a backbone

14.
All birds can fly.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
How many groups of vertebrates do you know?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
10
16.

Which are the groups of vertebrate animals?

a)

Mammals, fish, amphibians and sharks

b)

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians

c)

Lions, tuna, eagle, crocodile and frog

d)

Humans, fish, birds and reptiles

17.
Which animals have scales?
a)
Fish and reptiles
b)
Mammals, birds and amphibians
18.

I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, breathe with lungs, and am cold-blooded. What am I?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Amphibians

d)

Reptiles

19.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
20.

I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs on land. What am I?

a)

Mammal

b)

Fish

c)

Amphibian

d)

Reptile

21.

The diagram above shows an animal. Which of the following is TRUE about this animal? Can choose more than one answer.

a)

Cold blooded

b)

Breathe through its moist skin only

c)

Eggs covered with slimy and smelly substance

d)

Have hair or fur

22.

Which of the following statements is correct?

a)

Vertebrates can be classified into six groups.

b)

The bat is a vertebrate in the bird group.

c)

There are two groups of vertebrates that lay eggs and three groups of vertebrates that give birth to their young

d)

The frog and caecilia are examples of amphibians.

23.
Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates living on Earth?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
24.
Which of the following has an exoskeleton?
a)
mammal
b)
birds
c)
crustacean
d)
fish
25.
What class of animal is a dolphin?
a)
fish
b)
amphibian
c)
mammal
d)
mollusk
26.
Which animal below is a bird?
a)
trout
b)
duck
c)
alligator
d)
dolphin
27.

They have four legs or no legs

a)

molluscs

b)

arthropods

c)

reptiles

d)

echinoderms

28.

The following animals are vertebrate animals except

a)

cow

b)

frogs

c)

worm

d)

duck

29.

"frogs can live in the water "why?

a)

because it has 3 organs that can survive on water and land

b)

because it has 2 organs that can survive on water and land

c)

because it has 1 organs that can survive on water and land

30.

Which group animal is a invertebrate animal?

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

sponges

d)

reptiles