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Animal Kingdom Classification

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the technical term for the classification of organisms?

a)

metamorphosis

b)

taxonomy

c)

respiration

d)

translation

2.

Which Giant of Science created the structure of this system?

a)

Gregor Mendel

b)

Robert Hooke

c)

Louis Pasteur

d)

Carl Linnaeus

3.

Which combination of characteristics specifically defines only the animal kingdom?

a)

cells, autotrophs, flagella, DNA

b)

cell walls, respiration, asexual reproduction, protein

c)

eukaryotes, consumers, tissues, movement, sexual reproduction

d)

DNA, digestion, brain function, natural selection, growth

4.

Most of the members of the animal kingdom don't have backbones. Those that do are in the PHYLUM ________.

a)

invertebrate

b)

eukaryote

c)

animalia

d)

chordata

5.

Each organisms (from bacteria to plants to animals) has a unique ____________.

a)

scientific name

b)

phylum

c)

origin

d)

cell design

6.

You attend a talk at a zoo, and the trainer says that there are 5 classes of animals with backbones. What are they?

(a)  

7.

What characteristics make a salamander different from a lizard? (you have to determine which group these fit in first)

a)

amniotic egg and hair

b)

amniotic egg and eggs with shells

c)

hair and eggs

d)

vertebrae, bony skeleton, and 4 limbs

8.

Use this key to identify a mystery animal. It has a backbone and gill slits.

a)

eel

b)

spider

c)

sea cucumber

d)

fish

9.

Which is the most basic or simplest among these phyla of animals?

a)

mollusks

b)

porifera - sponges

c)

arthropods

d)

chordates

10.

Which phylum do coral polyps belong to?

a)

nematodes

b)

cnidaria (includes jellyfish)

c)

echinoderms (includes starfish)

d)

porifera (includes sponges)

11.

This nematode worm is boring into a plant's root to stay and feed off of it. That make it a ____________.

a)

mutation

b)

bilateral

c)

autotroph

d)

parasite

12.

One of the largest phyla includes butterflies, crabs and spiders. Which Phylum includes these?

a)

insects

b)

arthropods

c)

crustaceans

d)

invertebrates

13.

If you could be any other animal (and still know God), which would it be?

a)

dog

b)

otter

c)

tiger

d)

eagle

14.

At the zoo's aquarium, you and your friends observe how tough the lobsters seem. Several of them state that they must have strong bones. What do you say?

a)

yes, strong bones

b)

thin bones, but many

c)

exoskeleton and muscle

d)

just muscle

15.

What do all insects have in common?

a)

they are pests

b)

6 or 8 legs

c)

wings

d)

6 legs

16.

How can you tell an amphibian from a reptile?

a)

moist skin

b)

no ears

c)

lungs

d)

4 legs

17.

True or False: amphibians lay leathery eggs on land.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

How can fish get oxygen if they are in the water?

a)

they convert some of their food into oxygen

b)

gills pick up oxygen dissolved in water

c)

they don't need oxygen

d)

they find bubbles and breath them into their lungs

19.

Which phylum of animals is represented here?

a)

arthropods

b)

mollusks

c)

chordates

d)

echinoderms

20.

Which 2 of these characteristics separate mammals from the other animals?

a)

breathe oxygen

b)

nurse the young

c)

have mitochondria

d)

young born alive

21.

What 2 characteristics of animals in the arthropod phylum are DIFFERENT from others?

a)

they are consumers not producers

b)

segmented bodies (in parts)

c)

hard exoskeletons

d)

warm blood