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WorksheetsAnimal Kingdom Classification
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the technical term for the classification of organisms?
metamorphosis
taxonomy
respiration
translation
Which Giant of Science created the structure of this system?
Gregor Mendel
Robert Hooke
Louis Pasteur
Carl Linnaeus
Which combination of characteristics specifically defines only the animal kingdom?
cells, autotrophs, flagella, DNA
cell walls, respiration, asexual reproduction, protein
eukaryotes, consumers, tissues, movement, sexual reproduction
DNA, digestion, brain function, natural selection, growth
Most of the members of the animal kingdom don't have backbones. Those that do are in the PHYLUM ________.
invertebrate
eukaryote
animalia
chordata
Each organisms (from bacteria to plants to animals) has a unique ____________.
scientific name
phylum
origin
cell design
You attend a talk at a zoo, and the trainer says that there are 5 classes of animals with backbones. What are they?
(a)
What characteristics make a salamander different from a lizard? (you have to determine which group these fit in first)
amniotic egg and hair
amniotic egg and eggs with shells
hair and eggs
vertebrae, bony skeleton, and 4 limbs
Use this key to identify a mystery animal. It has a backbone and gill slits.
eel
spider
sea cucumber
fish
Which is the most basic or simplest among these phyla of animals?
mollusks
porifera - sponges
arthropods
chordates
Which phylum do coral polyps belong to?
nematodes
cnidaria (includes jellyfish)
echinoderms (includes starfish)
porifera (includes sponges)
This nematode worm is boring into a plant's root to stay and feed off of it. That make it a ____________.
mutation
bilateral
autotroph
parasite
One of the largest phyla includes butterflies, crabs and spiders. Which Phylum includes these?
insects
arthropods
crustaceans
invertebrates
If you could be any other animal (and still know God), which would it be?
dog
otter
tiger
eagle
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?
yes, strong bones
thin bones, but many
exoskeleton and muscle
just muscle
What do all insects have in common?
they are pests
6 or 8 legs
wings
6 legs
How can you tell an amphibian from a reptile?
moist skin
no ears
lungs
4 legs
True or False: amphibians lay leathery eggs on land.
True
False
How can fish get oxygen if they are in the water?
they convert some of their food into oxygen
gills pick up oxygen dissolved in water
they don't need oxygen
they find bubbles and breath them into their lungs
Which phylum of animals is represented here?
arthropods
mollusks
chordates
echinoderms
Which 2 of these characteristics separate mammals from the other animals?
breathe oxygen
nurse the young
have mitochondria
young born alive
What 2 characteristics of animals in the arthropod phylum are DIFFERENT from others?
they are consumers not producers
segmented bodies (in parts)
hard exoskeletons
warm blood
