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Plant and Animal Classification

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following characteristics is used when determining whether to place an animal in the vertebrate group or the invertebrate group?

a)

Ability to walk on two legs

b)

Presence of a spinal cord

c)

Method of respiration (lungs or gills)

d)

Flow of blood through the body

2.

A cold-blooded vertebrate with fins and gills that lives in water.

a)

Amphibian

b)

Vertebrate

c)

Mammal

d)

Fish

3.

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

a)

Vertebrates and invertebrates

b)

Seed producers and vertebrates

c)

Seed producers and invertebrates

d)

Vertebrates and non-seed producers

4.

The image above is an example of a(n)

a)

amphibian

b)

invertebrate

c)

mammal

d)

reptile

5.

Which of the following best describes a mammal?

a)

An invertebrate that breathes using gills and does not reproduce

b)

A vertebrate that only lays eggs

c)

An invertebrate that has fur

d)

A vertebrate that has fur and typically produces milk for young

6.

Based on the chart above, which of the following would be classified as a vertebrate?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Iguana

c)

Jellyfish

d)

Spider

7.

The organism in the photo would be best classified as

a)

a vascular plant

b)

a nonvascular plant

c)

an invertebrate

d)

a vertebrate

8.
___________________ are plants that produce flowers.
a)
Non-Vascular
b)
Invertebrates
c)
Gymnosperms
d)
Angiosperms
9.
Vascular plants have tubes that carry ____________ and ____________ to the rest of the plant.  
a)
water and nutrients
b)
blood and water
c)
blood and nutrients
d)
chlorophyll and water
10.
What is the difference between an animal and a plant?
a)
Animals make their own food and plants do not.
b)
Plants make their own food and animals do not.
c)
Animals reproduce and plants do not.
d)
Plants reproduce and animals do not. 
11.
What are cold-blooded animals? 
a)
Animals that get heat from what they eat.
b)
Animals that get heat from their surrounding.
c)
Animals that eat a lot of ice. 
d)
Animals that live on the land.
12.

Check all that apply. Grass is an example of...

a)

vascular

b)

non-vascular

c)

angiosperm

d)

seed producer

13.

Check all that apply. Pine trees, christmas trees, conifers and cedar trees are all examples of...

a)

vascular

b)

non-vascular

c)

gymnosperms

d)

angiosperms

14.
I have a soft-body, a hard shell, and live on land and water.  What am I?
a)
Mollusk
b)
Arthropod
c)
Echinoderm
d)
Cnidarian
15.
Why are sponges classified as animals
a)
they digest food
b)
they breathe through gills
c)
they use legs to move
d)
they have skeleton
16.
Which three parts of the body has an insect?
a)
Tencacles, head, legs
b)
head, abdomen, legs
c)
Head, thorax, abdomen 
d)
Hair, bones, foot 
17.
The arthropods are 
a)
Molluscs, anelids, worms, insects
b)
insects, arachnids, crustaceans, myriapods 
c)
worms, arachnids, crustaceans, echinoderms
d)
echinoderms, spiders, crabs, insects
18.

Which of the following are NOT a worm-like animals?

a)

nematodes

b)

annelids

c)

platyhelminthes

d)

echinoderm

19.

State the main feature of amphibians

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20.

Echidna anteater is a mammal. State one feature it has which is not common to most mammals.

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