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VERTEBRATES

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS IS A VERTEBRATE?

a)

SCORPION

b)

FROG

c)

SEA ANEMONE

d)

SEA URCHIN

2.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
3.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
4.
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
5.
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
6.
My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammal
c)
Reptile
d)
Amphibian
7.
Which are the 5 groups of vertebrate animals?
a)
Mammals, fish, amphibians and sharks
b)
Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians
c)
Lions, tuna, eagle, crocodile and frog
d)
Humans, fish, birds and reptiles
8.
Which of these animals breathe through their gills?
a)
Fish
b)
Fish and baby amphibians
c)
Mammals, adult amphibians, reptiles and birds
9.
Which animal can breathe with their lungs and also through their moist skin?
a)
Amphibians
b)
Fish
c)
Reptiles
10.
Which group of animals have bodies covered with scales or shell?
a)
Turtles
b)
Amphibians
c)
Reptiles
11.
All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____
a)
they give birth to live young
b)
they produce milk
c)
they breathe through gills
d)
they are covered with hair
12.
What word means  body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
13.
What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?
a)
cold blooded
b)
warm blooded
c)
classify
d)
vertebrate
14.

How do fish breathe?

a)

Through their gills

b)

Through their skin

c)

Through their fins

d)

Through their feathers

15.
Vertebrates can only be warm blooded. 
a)
True
b)
False
16.

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

a)

Birds

b)

Amphibians

c)

Mammals

d)

Reptiles

17.

What class do you belong in?

a)

Birds

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

18.
Which of the following animals are mammals?
a)
Salamander and frog
b)
Whale and dolphin
c)
snake and lizard
d)
eagle and penguin
19.
Which class of vertebrate is a turtle?
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
Mammal
20.

What do each of these animals have in common?

a)

They are vertebrates.

b)

They are invertebrates.

c)

They belong to the plant kingdom.

d)

They are autotrophs.