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Vertebrates

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
2.

There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?

a)

Mammals

b)

Birds

c)

Insects

d)

Reptiles

3.

I have fur, I breathe with lungs, and I am warm blooded. What am I?

a)

Mammal

b)

Amphibian

c)

Bird

d)

Reptile

4.
My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water.  What am I?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Reptile
c)
Bird
d)
Fish
5.

My body is warm and covered in feathers. I lay eggs which hatch into chickens. What am I?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

6.

I have fur and I can fly. I feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?

a)

Reptile

b)

Bird

c)

Mammal

d)

Fish

7.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
8.

Mammals are covered with...

a)

scales

b)

a hard shell

c)

smooth, moist skin

d)

None of the above

9.

Animals that begin their life in the water and later live on land are called...

a)

Birds

b)

Amphibians

c)

Mammals

d)

Reptiles

10.

What class do you belong in?

a)

Birds

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

11.

Select all the ways birds and mammals are alike?

a)

mothers take care of their babies

b)

both are warm blooded

c)

both have hollow bones to fly

d)

both are vertebrates

12.

How are amphibians and reptiles alike

a)

both are cold blooded

b)

both have scaly skin

c)

both lay eggs

d)

both have backbones

13.
Vertebrates can only be warm blooded. 
a)
True
b)
False
14.

If an animal is an amphibian, it means it can live on land and in the water.

a)

True

b)

False

15.
Mammals have feathers and wings for flying.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

Land animals that need to live close to water

a)

reptiles

b)

worms

c)

amphibians

d)

birds

17.

They have four legs or no legs

a)

molluscs

b)

arthropods

c)

reptiles

d)

echinoderms

18.

From these pictures, which animals are reptiles:

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

It has moist skin and breathe with skin and lungs. These characteristics belong to :

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

The characteristics of this animal are:

a)

its body is covered by feathers.

b)

it reproduce by giving birth.

c)

it breathe with lungs

d)

it is a warm-blooded animal.

21.

A snake is classified as a warm-blooded vertebrate because it lays eggs and breathes through lungs like birds do

a)

True

b)

False

22.

A fish is different from a snake only because a fish lives in water

a)

True

b)

False

23.

One reason why amphibians are classified in a separate group from fish is that amphibians can live on land during part of their lives and fish cannot.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

One reason why birds are classified in a separate group from reptiles is that amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates

a)

True

b)

False

25.

One reason why amphibians are classified in a separate group from reptiles is that amphibians are cold-blooded vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False