NEW
Font size
WorksheetsVertebrates
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why is the duck billed platypus a strange mammal?
They live in Australia and no other mammal does.
They are the only mammal to lay eggs.
They are the only mammals with pouches.
They are the only mammals outside of the United States.
Why do reptiles flick their tongues?
To taste, smell and sense things around them.
To see and hear.
To taste and see.
To warn their predators and prey.
How do some frogs survive freezing temperatures?
They migrate south.
They migrate south.
They have chemicals in their bodies that don’t allow them to freeze.
They don’t live where it freezes.
They have antifreeze in their body--really just high concentration of glucose so they don’t freeze.
How are wings designed to enable flight in birds?
They are covered with feathers.
They are covered in oils from their beaks.
They use their muscles to flap their wings and create another force called thrust.
They use their wings to flap until they go up in the sky.
How do gills work?
Fish take in water and the gills take out the oxygen from the water.
Fish come up to the surface and take breathes through their gills.
Fish filter food through their gills to eat.
Fish filter carbon dioxide to breathe through their gills.
How do swim bladders work?
They make the fish swim.
They fill with air or release air to go up and down in the water.
They fill with water to go up and down in the water.
They work like a human bladder
Name 3 differences between frogs and toads.
Frogs have dry skin and toads wet skin.
Toads have bulging eyes and frogs have oval eyes.
Frogs live near water and toads prefer land.
Frogs have wet skin and toads have dry skin.
Toads have bulging eyes and frogs have oval eyes.
Frogs live near water and toads prefer land.
Frogs have wet skin and toads have dry skin.
Toads have oval eyes and frogs have bulging eyes.
Frogs live near water and toads prefer land.
Toads have dry skin and frogs have wet skin.
Toads have oval eyes and frogs have bulging eyes.
Toads live near water and frogs prefer land.
Name 3 differences between amphibians and reptiles.
Amphibians have wet smooth skin and lay gel like eggs in the water. Reptiles have dry scaley skin and lay leathery eggs on land.
Amphibians have dry scaley skin and lay eggs on land that our leathery. Reptiles have wet smooth skin and lay gel like eggs in the water.
What are the five types of vertebrates?
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, insects
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, plants
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish
What are some examples of invertebrates?
insects, spiders, worms, jellyfish, snails
rocks, mountains, rivers, lakes
trees, flowers, grass, bushes
birds, fish, mammals, reptiles
