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Vertebrates Invertebrates

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All invertebrates ______.

a)

Have a backbone

b)

Do not have a backbone

c)

Have hair

d)

Have 6 appendages

2.

I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water. What am I?

a)

Mollusc

b)

Arthropod

c)

Amphibian

d)

Insect

3.

Arthropods have an outer covering called a(n)_________

a)

Skin

b)

Exoskeletons

c)

Armour

d)

Bones

4.

Which of the following are cold blooded vertebrate animals with dry, scaley skin

a)

amphibians

b)

mammals

c)

fish

d)

reptiles

5.

Fish take in oxygen through their ________.

a)

Scales

b)

Fins

c)

Vertebrae

d)

Gills

6.

What do fish, amphibians and reptiles have in common?

a)

They are invertebrates

b)

They are warm blooded

c)

They are ectotherms

d)

They all lay eggs

7.

Which group of organisms has the following features?

● three pairs of jointed legs

● three-part segmented body

● one pair of antennae

a)

arachnids

b)

crustaceans

c)

myriapods

d)

insects

8.

I have a hard exoskeleton, a segmented body, pairs of jointed appendages, and live on land and water. I am a crab. What is my phylum?

a)

Mollusc

b)

Echinoderm

c)

Arthropod

d)

Cnidarian

9.

Look at the following picture and correctly identify the Phyla to which it belongs

a)

Arthropod

b)

Annelid

c)

Echinoderm

d)

Mollusc

10.

Which of the following arthropods has 2 antennae and many legs?

a)

Insects

b)

Crustaceans

c)

Arachnids

d)

Myriapods

11.
What is taxonomy?
a)
The study of DNA and RNA
b)
The study of how organisms are related
c)
The study of classifying and describing organisms
d)
The study of organisms in their habitat
12.
What scientist gave us the system of classification we still use today?
a)
Mendel
b)
Linnaeus
c)
Darwin
d)
Watson
13.
Choose the correct order of taxa from LARGEST to SMALLEST
a)
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
b)
Family, Kingdom, Order, Phylum, Class, Order, Species, Genus
c)
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)
Phylum, Order, Species, Family, Genus, Kingdom
14.
The three Domains are:
a)
Plant, Animal, Bacteria
b)
Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
c)
Fungi, Animal, Plant
d)
Invertebrates, Vertebrates, Plants
15.
The main language of scientific names is:
a)
Greek
b)
English
c)
Latin
d)
Arabic
16.
Having a wide variety and lots of different species (like that in a rain forest) is called:
a)
Biodiversity
b)
Species Richness
c)
Phylogeny
d)
Systematics
17.
Phylogeny is:
a)
Analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa
b)
Classifying animals by structure
c)
Analyzing mutations in organisms
d)
Determining when animals evolved
18.
The scientific name for an organism is made from the:
a)
class and family name
b)
genus and species name
c)
domain and kingdom name
d)
kingdom and phylum name
19.
Which organisms are closely related? 
a)
American badger and leopard
b)
coyote and gray wolf
c)
european otter and leopard
d)
coyote and american badger
20.
Term given to describe the 2 name naming system is:
a)
dichotmous key
b)
binomial nomenclature
c)
2 scientific names
d)
binomial key
21.

Which animal is a mammal?

a)
b)
c)
22.

Which animal is invertebrate?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

Which animal is a reptile?

a)
b)
c)
24.
An organism that has cells that lack a nucleus are called:
a)
Eukaryote
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Prokaryote
d)
Autotroph
25.

Which term describes an animal without a

backbone?

a)

chordate

b)

invertebrate

c)

protozoan

d)

vertebrate

26.

According to the classification key above, which pair of animals could be classified as mammals?

a)

humans and dogs

b)

birds and fish

c)

birds and fish

d)

cats and birds

27.
Which kingdom do humans belong to?
a)
Plantae
b)
Fungi
c)
Animalia
d)
Protista
28.
Members of this kingdom never have a cell wall
a)
Animalia
b)
Plantae
c)
Archaebacteria
d)
Protista
29.
According to this cladogram, birds are LEAST related to: 
a)
Amphibians
b)
Sharks
c)
Ray Finned Fish
d)
Crocodiles
30.
Which two orgainsms have hair? 
a)
Sharks & Ray Finned Fish
b)
Primates & Rodents
c)
Birds & Crocodiles
d)
Rabbits & Birds
31.

What is the closest relative of humans shown in this diagram?

a)

horse

b)

turtle

c)

monkey

d)

dog

32.

Are humans related to tuna?

a)

yes

b)

no

33.

Which species is a common ancestor for species B and D?

a)

C

b)

F

c)

G

d)

H

e)

K

34.

Kangaroos and opossums both carry their immature offspring in pouches. This is evidence of

a)

a common ancestor

b)

living in the same habitat

c)

similar skeletal structures

d)

analogous structures

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