Worksheets5 Classes of Vertebrates
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
2.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
3.
My body is covered with hair or fur, I have live babies, and I maintain a constant body temperature. What am I?
a)
Bird
b)
Reptile
c)
Mammal
d)
Echinoderm
4.
I live part of my life in water, leave, then return to the water. What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Arthropod
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
5.
Which of these is a reptile?
a)
Eagle
b)
Shark
c)
Chimpanzee
d)
Iguana
6.
What scientist studies animals?
a)
Zoologist
b)
Meteorologist
c)
Biologist
d)
Chemist
7.
What covers a reptile and a fish's body?
a)
Scales
b)
Fur/hair
c)
Feathers
d)
Spines
8.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
9.
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are part of which animal group?
a)
reptiles
b)
amphibians
c)
birds
d)
fish
10.
This lion is a mammal because...
a)
It has a backbone.
b)
It has fur/hair
c)
It is ectothermic.
d)
It lays eggs.
11.
Which group of vertebrates lay jelly like eggs?
a)
amphibian
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
12.
Which group has a protective skin covering?
a)
birds/fish
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals/amphibians
d)
all
13.
A bat, cat, and rat are in which vertebrate group?
a)
amphibian
b)
reptile
c)
bird
d)
mammal
14.
A zebra, bat, and ground hog are animals from different parts of the world. What characteristics do all of these animals have that allow them to be in the same group.
a)
fur
b)
claws
c)
big ears
d)
webbed feet
15.
Which is a characteristic of all vertebrates?
a)
digestive system with one opening
b)
offspring hatch from eggs
c)
respiratory system with lungs
d)
spinal chord enclosed in bones
16.
Which class of vertebrates feeds milk to its young?
a)
amphibians
b)
fish
c)
mammals
d)
reptiles
17.
Which kind of animal is born in water but lives on land as an adult?
a)
reptile
b)
mammal
c)
amphibian
d)
fish
18.
Which animal have lightweight, hollow bones?
a)
reptile
b)
birds
c)
fish
d)
amphibian
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