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Vertebrates

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An animal with a backbone.

a)

Vertebrate

b)

Invertebrate

2.

Live in water, have gills, scales and fins

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Amphibians

d)

Reptiles

e)

Birds

3.

Have hair or fur, female make milk, and use lungs.

a)

fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptiles

d)

Amphibians

e)

Birds

4.

Born in water and live on land as adults, born with gils and turn into lungs as adults, have tails and grow legs.

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Birds

d)

Reptiles

e)

Amphibians

5.

Scaly and dry skin, live on land and water.

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptiles

d)

Amphibians

e)

birds

6.

Have feathers and lay eggs.

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Birds

d)

Reptiles

e)

Amphibians

7.

What type of vertebrate are humans?

a)

Fish

b)

Birds

c)

Reptiles

d)

Amphibians

e)

Mammals

8.

What kind of vertebrate is this animal?

a)

Fish

b)

Bird

c)

Amphibians

d)

Reptiles

e)

Mammals

9.

What kind of vertebrate is this animal?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptiles

d)

Birds

e)

Amphibians

10.

What kind of vertebrate is this?

a)

Birds

b)

Mammals

c)

Reptiles

d)

Amphibians

e)

Fish

11.

What kind of vertebrate is this?

a)

Fish

b)

Birds

c)

Mammals

d)

Amphibians

e)

Reptiles

12.

What kind of vertebrate is this?

a)

Fish

b)

Bird

c)

Mammals

d)

Amphibians

e)

Reptiles

13.

Vertebrates and invertebrates are groups in the ___ Kingdom.

a)

Animal

b)

Plant

c)

Fungi

d)

Protist

e)

Monera

14.

Vertebrates are animals with ____.

a)

special tubes

b)

no special tubes

c)

backbones

d)

no backbones

15.

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

a)

Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

b)

Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

c)

Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

d)

Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

16.

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are all ___.

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

17.

Crabs, lobsters, and shrimp with hard exoskeletons are ___.

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

18.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

19.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

20.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

21.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

22.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

23.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

24.

What is an invertebrate?

a)

an animal with a backbone

b)

an animal without a backbone

c)

mammals

d)

birds

25.

Which group does it belong to?

a)

vertebrate

b)

invertebrate

26.

Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates on Earth?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

27.

Are these animals vertebrates or invertebrates?

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

28.

Are these animals vertebrates or invertebrates

a)

vertebrates

b)

invertebrates

29.
Animals are divided into vertebrates and invertebrates
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Vertebrates don't have a backbone
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Animals that have hair or fur are...
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Fishes
d)
Reptiles 
32.
Octopus is...
a)
Vertebrate
b)
Invertebrate
33.
What symmetry do all insects have?
a)
Radial
b)
Asymmetry
c)
Bilateral 
34.
Choose the characteristics that animals must possess in the Animal Kingdom.
a)
multicellular
b)
eukaryotic and multicellular
c)
eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotroph
d)
eukaryotic, multicellular, autotroph
35.
The smallest part of an animal’s body is the _________.
a)
Cell
b)
Organ
c)
Tissue
d)
Organ System
36.
All vertebrates have
a)
4 legs
b)
wings
c)
lungs
d)
a backbone
37.
Animals are
a)
all unicellular
b)
all multicellular
c)
mostly unicellular
d)
mostly multicellular
38.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
39.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
40.
What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Amphibian
c)
Bird
d)
Reptile
41.
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
42.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
43.

My body is cold and covered in scales. I use gills to breathe with underwater and I lay eggs with no shell. What am I?

a)

Fish

b)

Mammal

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

44.
Which of the following is a vertebrate?
a)
Amphibian
b)
Echinoderm
c)
Arthropod
d)
Annelid
45.

Animals who possess a nerve cord, notochord, pharyngeal pouches, and a postanal tail during development are in what phylum?

a)

Chordata

b)

Arthropoda

c)

Cnidaria

d)

Porifera

46.
Vertebrates can only be warm blooded. 
a)
True
b)
False
47.

All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____

a)

they are warm blooded

b)

they produce milk

c)

they breathe through gills

d)

they are covered with hair

48.

What do all mammals use to breathe with?

a)

Gills

b)

Skin

c)

Lungs

d)

Blood

49.

What class do you, a human, belong in?

a)

Bird

b)

Mammal

c)

Reptile

d)

Amphibian

50.

How do fish breathe?

a)

Through their gills

b)

Through their skin

c)

Through their fins

d)

Through their feathers

51.

What is the scientific word for warm-blooded?

a)

warmtherm

b)

ectothermic

c)

thermal

d)

endothermic

52.

What is the scientific word for cold-blooded?

a)

endothermic

b)

ectothermic

c)

thermal

d)

coldtherm

53.

The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs are the ________________.

a)

amphibians

b)

arthropods

c)

mammals

d)

fish

54.
a)

Invertebrate, insect

b)

Invertebrate, crustacean

55.
What group of vertebrates are snakes and lizards?
a)
amphibians
b)
reptiles
c)
mammals
d)
fish

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