WorksheetsPlant and Animal Classification
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of the following characteristics is used when determining whether to place an animal in the vertebrate group or the invertebrate group?
Ability to walk on two legs
Presence of a spinal cord
Method of respiration (lungs or gills)
Flow of blood through the body
What questions can be used to identify fish from amphibians, such as an adult frog?
Does the organism use gills to breathe?
Does the organism eat insects?
Is the organism able to move around?
Does the organism lay eggs?
Which of the following questions could we ask to distinguish a mammal, such as a spider monkey, from a reptile, such as a crocodile?
Does the animal have four limbs?
Does the animal lay eggs to reproduce?
Does the animal consume food for energy?
Does the animal have a backbone?
An organism with a backbone
Amphibian
Vertebrate
Mammal
Fish
A cold-blooded vertebrate with fins and gills that lives in water.
Amphibian
Vertebrate
Mammal
Fish
Any of various cold-blooded, usually smooth-skinned vertebrates, characteristically hatching as an aquatic larva with gills and then transforming into an adult having air-breathing lungs.
Amphibian
Vertebrate
Mammal
Fish
Any of various warm-blooded vertebrate animals, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.
Amphibian
Vertebrate
Mammal
Fish
Clara made a list of organisms and classified then into two groups. What would be the best titles for these groups?
Group 1: fish, amphibian, reptile
Group 2: mollusks, arthropods
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Seed producers and vertebrates
Seed producers and invertebrates
Vertebrates and non-seed producers
Which of the following contains the largest group of organisms?
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
True or False:
All vertebrates lay eggs to hatch their young.
True
False
Organisms are typically classified into groups based on
features they have in common (the same)
if they are dead or alive
only if the produced seeds or not
only if they have backbones or not
Which of the following would be a synonym (word with the same of similar meaning) as classify?
add
delete
group
remove
The image above is an example of a(n)
amphibian
invertebrate
mammal
reptile
Which of the following best describes the term organism?
only plants
only animals
plants and animals
non living things
Which of the following are classifications of plants?
Vertebrate and invertebrate
seed producer and non-seed producer
mammal and reptile
none of the above
Which of the following best describes a mammal?
An invertebrate that breathes using gills and does not reproduce
A vertebrate that only lays eggs
An invertebrate that has fur
A vertebrate that has fur and typically produces milk for young
True or False:
Animals with backbones are considered invertebrates.
True
False
Based on the chart above, which of the following would be classified as a vertebrate?
Grasshopper
Iguana
Jellyfish
Spider
The organism in the photo would be best classified as
a vascular plant
a nonvascular plant
an invertebrate
a vertebrate
The organism in the photo above would be best classified as
an invertebrate
a vertebrate
a reptile
an amphibian
