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Plant and Animal Classification

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which correctly compares a fish and a bird?

a)

Birds are warm-blooded and fish are warm-blooded.

b)

Birds breathe through lungs and fish breathe through gills.

c)

Birds have live births and fish lay eggs

2.

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.

3.

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

a)

whale

b)

alligator

c)

bird

d)

spider

4.

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.

5.

Amphibians DO NOT have which characteristic?

a)

Laying eggs

b)

Live on both land and water

c)

Are cold-blooded.

d)

Have scales

6.

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.

7.

Vertebrates are

a)

animals that do not have backbones.

b)

animals with backbones

c)

only cold-blooded.

8.

Invertebrates

a)

are only cold-blooded

b)

do not have a backbone

c)

the largest group in the animal kingdom

d)

All of the above.

9.

Which is NOT an example of a vertebrate:

a)

raccoon

b)

human

c)

sponge

d)

frog

10.

Which is an example of an invertebrate?

a)

butterfly

b)

honey bee

c)

octopus

d)

all of the above

11.

Which group of vascular plants do NOT make seeds?

a)

Coniferous trees

b)

Ferns

c)

Pines

d)

Flowering Plants

12.

Which group do flowering plants belong to?

a)

ferns

b)

mosses

c)

seed plants

d)

coniferous plants

13.

Which of these plants is nonvascular?

a)

apple tree

b)

fern

c)

dandelion

d)

moss

14.

Nonvascular plants

a)

reproduce by making seeds

b)

grow close to the ground

c)

are tall and thin

d)

live in dry places and have long roots

15.

Which of these is NOT a way to classify plants?

a)

as vascular and nonvascular

b)

as vertebrates and invertebrates

c)

as seed producing and spore producing

16.

Some of the world's tallest plants are:

a)

vascular

b)

nonvascular

17.

Which group of plants absorb water like a sponge?

a)

vascular 

b)

nonvascular

18.

Ferns do not have seeds, they reproduce with,

a)

root

b)

spores

c)

flowers

d)

cones

19.

A seed can move by wind, water, and ________.

a)

clouds

b)

singing

c)

cars

d)

animals

20.

Nonvascular plants usually grow in:

a)

damp, shady areas

b)

deserts

c)

arctic regions

d)

sunny fields