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Classifying animals

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is an example of an amphibian?

a)

Snake

b)

Lizard

c)

Frog

d)

Puppy

2.

Which of the following is a characteristic of a mammal?

a)

Cold-blooded

b)

Lays eggs

c)

Has hair or fur

d)

Lives underwater

3.

Where would you classify a whale?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

4.

Is a whale a mammal or a fish?

(a)  

5.

Which of these is true regarding birds? (HINT: MULTIPLE ANSWERS!!!!)

a)

They have scales

b)

Most can fly

c)

They are bipedal

d)

They live in water

6.

Reptiles typically are characterized by:


HINT MULTIPLE ANSWERS

a)

Cold-blooded

b)

warm-blooded

c)

slimy skin

d)

Scales

7.

Which of the following is an example of a mammal?


MULTIPLE ANSWERS

a)

Human

b)

Snake

c)

Alligator

d)

Puppy

8.

How would you classify a mammal?

a)

Warm-blooded

b)

Cold-blooded

c)

Lays eggs

d)

Has scales

9.

Which of the following is true about reptiles?

a)

Lays eggs

b)

Is warm-blooded

c)

is bipedal

d)

Has hair or fur

10.

What is a characteristic of a fish?


MULTIPLE ANSWERS

a)

Lays eggs

b)

Has lungs

c)

Breathes using gills

d)

Is bipedal

11.

Which of the following breathes using lungs? ( HINT: MULTIPLE ANSWERS!!)

a)

Mammals

b)

Fish

c)

Birds

d)

Reptiles

12.

Give me an example of a mammal.

4 lines
13.

Where would you classify this animal?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibian

c)

Reptile

d)

Bird

14.

Where would you classify this animal?

a)

Amphibian

b)

Bird

c)

Fish

d)

Reptile

15.

Where would you classify this animal?

a)

Reptile

b)

Mammal

c)

Bird

d)

Fish

16.

Where would you classify this animal?

a)

Bird

b)

Fish

c)

Mammal

d)

Amphibian

17.

Where would you classify a raccoon?

a)

Mammal

b)

Bird

c)

Fish

d)

Reptile

18.

What helps you determine where to classify a whale?

a)

Breathes using lungs

b)

Has live birth

c)

Lives underwater

d)

Has gills

e)

Lays eggs

19.

A chicken has feathers, wings, and is bipedal, but doesn't fly, is it still a bird?

(a)  

20.

Give me an example of an reptile.

4 lines
21.

An amphibian lays eggs, unlike reptiles, they do what?

a)

Follow egg-larva-adult cycle

b)

Breathe using gills

c)

Have scales

d)

Have hair

22.

Which of the following is an example of an amphibian?


MULTIPLE ANSWERS

a)

Lizard

b)

Snake

c)

Frog

d)

Salamander

23.

Which of the following is an example of a reptile?

a)

Frog

b)

Snake

c)

Lizard

d)

Fish

24.

How would you classify a fish?


MULTIPLE ANSWERS!!!!

a)

Has fins

b)

Uses gills to breathe

c)

Lives underwater

d)

Is cold-blooded

25.

Are fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians ALL vertebrates?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Not sure