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Lesson Check Animal Structures

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is another word for animal structures?
a)
physical characteristics
b)
personality
c)
behaviors
d)
sounds
2.
The hard outer covering that supports and protects some animals without backbones.
a)
exoskeleton
b)
backbone
c)
molt
d)
gill
3.
How do an animal's physical characteristics help them?
a)
to move
b)
to obtain resources
c)
to defend themselves
d)
All of the above
4.
What animal structure is NOT helpful for eating?
a)
flexible jaw
b)
claws
c)
teeth
d)
legs
5.
What physical characteristic helps a sea sponge get food and oxygen from the water?
a)
tentacles
b)
teeth
c)
mouth
d)
pores
6.
What animal structure helps a cow move?
a)
tail
b)
legs
c)
ears
d)
arms
7.
What type of defense would a turtle have?
a)
shell
b)
running away
c)
attacking with claws
d)
releasing a smell
8.
Look at the picture below.  What type of defense is the animal using to protect itself?
a)
mimicry
b)
grouping
c)
camouflage
d)
migration
9.
The behavior of an animal protecting themselves in order to prevent attack.
a)
migration
b)
hibernation
c)
defense
d)
courtship
10.
What is the difference between endothermic and exothermic animals?
a)
Endothermic keep body heat from food
b)
Endothermic keep body heat from heat and light
c)
Endothermic are only invertebretes
d)
I have no idea
11.
Which animals is NOT warm blooded(endothermic)?
a)
Owl
b)
Bear
c)
Dog
d)
Newt
12.
Which if these is a structure of defense?
a)
Tounges
b)
Spongebob SquarePants 
c)
Smells
d)
 Endothermic
13.
Which of these is not a structure of moving?
a)
Wings
b)
Tails
c)
Wings
d)
Camoflauge
14.
Which of these is true?
a)
All animals breathe water
b)
All animals have to eat
c)
All animals live in Africa
d)
All animals live on land
15.
How do an animal's physical characteristics help them?
a)
to move
b)
to obtain resources
c)
to defend themselves
d)
All of the above
16.
_____ is a physical feature or behavior that helps an animal get food, protect itself, move, or reproduce
a)
adaptation
b)
instincts
17.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
18.
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
19.
Fishes take in oxygen through their
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
20.
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
a)
amphibians
b)
arthropods
c)
mammals
d)
fish
21.
Is this animal an invertebrate or a vertebrate?
a)
Invertebrate
b)
Vertebrate
22.
Which classes of animals are endothermic?
a)
Mammals and birds
b)
mammals and amphibians
c)
birds and worms
d)
reptiles and fish
23.
Which class of vertebrate is a turtle?
a)
Fish
b)
Amphibian
c)
reptile
d)
Mammal
24.
What are the five classes of vertebrates?
a)
fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals
b)
Sponges, Arthropoda, mammals, birds, fish
c)
Fish, amphibians, rocks, birds, mollusks
d)
Flowers, trees, grass, monocots, dicots
25.
Organisms that cannot make their own food
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
selfietroph
d)
hunterotroph
26.
Organisms that make their own food
a)
autotroph
b)
heterotroph
c)
selfietroph
d)
hunterotroph
27.
Organisms obtain energy from water, food, and _____
a)
oxygen
b)
working out
c)
sleeping
28.
What is the stimulus and response?
The sun was bright so Billy put on his sunglasses.
a)
Stimulus: put on sunglasses
Response: Sun was bright
b)
Stimulus: Sun was bright
Response: put on sunglasses
29.
Which level of classification contains the MOST organisms?
a)
Family
b)
Kingdom
c)
Species
d)
Phylum