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Classifying vertebrates

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vertebrates are animals with

a)

No backbone

b)

Backbone

c)

Special tubes

d)

No special tubes

2.

What am I?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Birds

3.

Most fish are covered with.................

a)

hair

b)

scales

c)

hard shell

d)

slimy substance

4.

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

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

amphibians

d)

fish

5.

What class do the crocodiles belong to?

a)

Fish

b)

Reptiles

c)

Mammals

d)

Amphibians

6.

How are birds and reptiles alike?

a)

They both have scales.

b)

They can both lay eggs.

c)

They both have beaks.

d)

They both have feathers.

7.

Mammals are covered with....

a)

Feather

b)

Scales

c)

Hair

d)

Scaly

8.

What do mammals use to breathe with?

a)

Gills

b)

Skin

c)

Blood

d)

Lungs

9.

Comparing or organizing things into groups is called...

a)

Classifying

b)

Coming together

c)

Cleaning

d)

Metamorphosis

10.

All birds have hair

a)

True

b)

False

11.

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

12.

My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?

a)

Reptile

b)

Bird

c)

Mammal

d)

Fish

13.

My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs. What am I?

a)

Fish

b)

Reptile

c)

Mammal

d)

Amphibian

14.

Which are the 5 groups of vertebrate animals?

a)

Mammals, fish, amphibians and sharks

b)

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians

c)

Humans, fish, birds and reptiles

d)

Lions, tuna, eagle, crocodile and frog

15.

What animals breathe with their lungs?

a)

Mammals and birds

b)

Mammals, birds, reptiles and adult amphibians

c)

Fish and chips

d)

Humans, birds and sharks

16.

What is the best way to describe a mammal?

a)

Warm blooded

b)

Cold blooded

c)

Warm blooded with hair or fur

d)

Lay eggs

17.

What is the best way to describe a bird?

a)

Cold blooded

b)

Warm blooded with hair or fur

c)

Warm blooded with feathers, wings and a beak

d)

Warm blooded

18.

What is the best way to describe a fish?

a)

Cold blooded and lives in water

b)

Warm blooded with hair or fur

c)

Cold blooded with gills and fins, living in water

d)

Warm blooded with feathers, wings and a beak

19.

Which category of vertebrates do kangaroos fit into?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibians

c)

Reptiles

d)

Birds

e)

Mammals

20.

Which category of vertebrates do brown penguins fit into?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibians

c)

Reptiles

d)

Birds

e)

Mammals

21.

Which category of vertebrates do brown eels fit into?

a)

Fish

b)

Amphibians

c)

Reptiles

d)

Birds

e)

Mammals

22.

How many main types of vertebrates are there?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

23.

Which category of vertebrates do bears fit into?

a)

fish

b)

amphibians

c)

reptiles

d)

birds

e)

mammals

24.

What word means body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?

a)

cold blooded

b)

warm blooded

25.

What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?

a)

cold blooded

b)

warm blooded

26.

What group of vertebrates are robins and owls?

a)

fish

b)

amphibians

c)

mammals

d)

birds

27.

Fish are vertebrates with fins. Their skin covered with scales. They breathe using gills. They lay eggs in the water.

a)

true

b)

false

28.

Reptiles are vertebrates with scaly skins. Most of them have four legs, although snakes have lost their legs. Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land.

a)

true

b)

false

29.

There are still many undiscovered species of animals and plants in remote parts of the world.

The diagram shows a newly discovered species which scientists have classified and named Isothrix barbarabrownae.

Name the class of vertebrates that includes Isothrix.

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

30.

Name the class of vertebrates that includes chameleon

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

31.

Name the class of vertebrates that includes Ambystoma mexicanum

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

32.

Name the class of vertebrates that includes squirrel

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

33.

scaly skin; fins; gills

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

34.

smooth skin; gills when young, lungs when adult; four limbs; lay eggs in water

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

35.

scaly skin; have lungs; four limbs; lay eggs on land

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

36.

feathers; have lungs; have a beak; four limbs – the front pair are wings; lay eggs on land

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles

37.

hair; have lungs; have a beak; four limbs; give birth to live young; feed young on milk

a)

amphibians

b)

birds

c)

fish

d)

mammals

e)

reptiles