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Chapter 1, Lesson 4 : Classifying Animals

Total questions: 47

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animal is a vertebrate?

a)

crab

b)

spider

c)

snail

d)

lizard

2.

A vertebrate is an animal...

a)

with a backbone

b)

without a backbone

3.

Mammals are vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

false

4.

Insects, worms, and spiders are vertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Most of the world's animals are invertebrates.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Mammals breath air with lungs.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Which best describes the animal in the picture above?

a)

Reptile

b)

Amphibian

c)

Mammal

d)

Bird

8.

Which animal is born with gills but grows lungs when it gets older?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

How are birds and reptiles alike?

a)

They both have scales.

b)

They both have beaks.

c)

They can both lay eggs.

d)

They both have feathers.

10.

Which animal’s body temperature changes with its environment?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Grasshoppers have an exoskeleton to support and protect their body, instead of a spine. Grasshoppers are _____________ .

a)

Amphibians

b)

Invertebrates

c)

Vertebrates

d)

Reptiles

12.

This type of animal is a vertebrate with scaly skin.

a)

Fish

b)

Bird

c)

Mammal

d)

Reptile

13.

An invertebrate is an animal...

a)

with a spine or backbone

b)

without a spine or backbone

14.
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
15.

This group can be described by having a beak, feathers, and wings

a)

Fish

b)

Reptile

c)

Bird

d)

Mammal

e)

Amphibians

16.

This group can be described by having dry, rough skin

a)

Fish

b)

Reptile

c)

Bird

d)

Mammal

e)

Amphibians

17.

This group can be described by having hair/fur, live birth, and feeding milk to their young

a)

Fish

b)

Reptiles

c)

Birds

d)

Mammals

e)

Amphibians

18.

This group can be described by having gills, scales, and fins

a)

Reptiles

b)

Fish

c)

Birds

d)

Mammals

e)

Amphibians

19.

This group can be described by having smooth, moist skin

a)

Reptiles

b)

Fish

c)

Birds

d)

Mammals

e)

Amphibians

20.

Which animals are warm blooded?

a)

Mammals

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

d)

Reptiles

e)

Amphibians

21.

Which animals are cold blooded?

a)

Mammals

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

d)

Reptiles

e)

Amphibians

22.

Which of the following are vertebrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
23.

Which of the following are invertebrates?

a)

b)

c)

d)

24.

Which of the following are invertebrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
25.

Which of the following are vertebrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Which of the following are invertebrates?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

Which vertebrates hatch from eggs?

a)

Mammals

b)

Birds

c)

Fish

d)

Reptiles

e)

Amphibians

28.
What does it mean to classify animals?
a)
to capture it for scientific research 
b)
to put into a group with other animals that are similar
c)
to release it into the wild
d)
to study it in its natural environment
29.
Animals that began their life in water, but live most of it on land are
a)
mammals
b)
amphibians
c)
reptiles
d)
birds
30.
What is one thing all animals have in common?
a)
All animals have fur
b)
All animals breathe through lungs
c)
All animals can walk
d)
All animals eat other organisms for food
31.

Which of the following BEST describes a mammal?

a)

Cold blooded and has scales.

b)

Has hair on body, warm blooded, breathes with lungs.

c)

Born in the water and breathes through gills.

32.
Which vertebrae does not reproduce by laying eggs? 
a)
mammals
b)
fish 
c)
birds 
d)
amphibians 
33.
Which class of vertebrates has soft, moist skin that can absorb oxygen and water?
a)
Reptiles
b)
Mammals
c)
Fish
d)
Amphibians
34.

_______________ are animals that move very little and their bodies are full of holes.

a)

exoskeleton

b)

sponges

c)

arthropod

d)

sea urchins

35.

Sea stars and _____________ do not have a head, but they have a mouth.

a)

earthworms

b)

exoskeleton

c)

mollusks

d)

sea urchins

36.

______________ have soft tube like bodies and live in water, in soil, or even in other animals.

a)

tentacles

b)

Octopus

c)

sponges

d)

worms

37.

Corals and jellies have arm-like parts called?

a)

sponges

b)

invertebrates

c)

exoskeleton

d)

tentacles

38.

Snails, squids, octopuses, clams, oysters and scallops all belong to the same group called?

a)

vertebrates

b)

sea urchins

c)

arthropod

d)

mollusks

39.

A(n) _____________ is an invertebrate that has jointed legs, a body with two or more sections, and a hard outer covering.

a)

exoskeleton

b)

vertebrate

c)

mammal

d)

arthropod

40.

The hard outer covering of an arthropod is called a(n)?

a)

Skeleton

b)

Exoskeleton

c)

Skin

d)

roof

41.

Most of the animals on Earth are?

a)

invertebrates

b)

vertebrates

c)

mammals

d)

birds

42.

Except for the octopus and squid, most mollusks have what?

a)

a shell

b)

one arm

c)

8 eyes

d)

feet

43.

The largest group of invertebrates are the?

a)

Arthropods

b)

Mollusks

c)

Jellies

d)

Worms

44.
Soft bodied invertebrate with a thick muscular foot for movement: some have shells
a)
molluks
b)
arthropod
c)
segmented worm
d)
sponge
45.
Slugs and Snails
a)
Segmented Worms
b)
Mollusks
c)
Arthropods
d)
Sponges
46.
insects, and arachnids (spiders and ticks)
a)
Sponges
b)
Arthropods
c)
Segmented Workd
d)
Mollusks
47.
The simplest invertebrate
a)
Mollusks
b)
Echinoderms
c)
Sponges 
d)
Arthropods

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