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plant and animal classification

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Snake

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

2.

What do fish, amphibians, birds, and mammals all have in common?

a)

They are all vertebrates.

b)

They are all invertebrates.

c)

They are all vascular.

d)

They are all nonvascular.

3.

Plants are classified as

a)

Vertebrates/Invertebrates

b)

Vascular/Non-vascular

c)

uni-cellular/multi-cellular

4.

What is a "single kind of organism that can reproduce among its own kind"?

a)

Organism

b)

Species

c)

Producer

d)

Consumer

5.

____________________ is a flowering plant whose seeds are surrounded by fruit

a)

gymnosperm

b)

xylemsperm

c)

angiosperm

d)

phloem

6.

How is a fish different from a jellyfish?

a)

A fish can reproduce.

b)

A fish is in the animal kingdom.

c)

A fish has a backbone.

d)

A fish lives in water.

7.

Which choice below does not belong to the invertebrate group?

a)

 Mollusks

b)

Echinoderms

c)

Worms

d)

Amphibians

8.

What example of animal is cold-blooded, lays eggs, and has scaly skin?

a)

whale

b)

alligator

c)

bird

d)

spider

9.

Which is NOT true of a horse, cat, and pig.

a)

They are warm-blooded.

b)

They breathe through lungs.

c)

They have scales.

d)

They have live babies.

10.

Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Clam

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

11.

Warm-blooded animals always

a)

change their body temperatures based on their surroundings

b)

live in water.

c)

keep the same body temperature regardless of surroundings.

12.

_________________ are animals with a backbone.

a)

Invertebrates

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Vertebrates

13.

________________ are animals without a backbone.

a)

Species

b)

Mammals

c)

Invertebrates

d)

Vertebrates

14.

All living things belong to one of five major groups: Bacteria, Protist, Fungi, Plant, and Animal. These are known as

a)

Orders

b)

Phylums

c)

Kingdoms

15.

Scientists classify plants and animals into groups based on similar traits. What does classify mean?

a)

to group by using a a set of guides or rules.

b)

to find the differences between plants and animals.

16.

Rosa was given a list of ten animals and asked to develop a model to sort them into groups. When she turned in her model, she was told she had made one mistake. Her teacher asked her to correct and explain her mistake.

a)

A jellyfish is not an invertebrate. It is a fish because it lives in water and it is cold-blooded.

b)

A dolphin is not a mammal. It is a fish because it lives in water and it is warm-blooded.

c)

A snake is not an invertebrate. It is a reptile because it has a backbone, is cold-blooded, lays eggs, and lives on land.

d)

A turtle is not a reptile. It is an invertebrate because it has a hard external shell or exoskeleton instead of a backbone.