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Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Is a snake a vertebrate or an invertebrate animal?

a)

It's vertebrate

b)

It's invertebrate

2.

Is a starfish a vertebrate or an invertebrate animal

a)

It's vertebrate

b)

It's invertebrate

3.

A crocodile is...

a)

an amphibian

b)

a mammal

c)

a reptile

d)

a fish

4.

A horse is...

a)

a bird

b)

a reptile

c)

a fish

d)

a mammal

5.

An octopus is...

a)

a mollusk

b)

an arthropod

c)

an equinoderm

d)

a worm

6.
I have dry and rough skin, lay eggs, breathe with lungs, and am ectothermic (cold-blooded). What am I?
a)
Fish
b)
Mammals
c)
Amphibians
d)
Reptiles
7.
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
8.
Fish take in oxygen through their?
a)
fins.
b)
gills.
c)
scales.
d)
vertebrae.
9.
What is an invertebrate?
a)
An animal with a backbone
b)
a mammal
c)
An animal without a backbone
d)
birds
10.
There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?
a)
Mammals
b)
Birds
c)
Arthropods
d)
Reptiles
11.
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
12.
I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?
a)
Mammal
b)
Fish
c)
Amphibian
d)
Reptile
13.
My body is warm and covered in feathers.  I lay eggs which hatch into chickens.  What am I?
a)
Reptile
b)
Amphibian
c)
Mammal
d)
Bird
14.
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
15.
What are vertebrates?
a)
Animals with a backbone
b)
Animals without a backbone
16.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
17.
Which of these vertebrates doesn't have lungs?
a)
birds
b)
reptiles
c)
fish
d)
mammals
18.
Arthropods have an outer covering called a(n)_________
a)
endoskeleton
b)
bones
c)
exoskeleton
d)
armor
19.
Which of the following is/are true of animals?
a)
They are multicellular.
b)
They are eukaryotic.
c)
They are heterotrophs.
d)
All choices are correct.
20.
Identify this animal.
a)
sponge
b)
cnidarian
c)
roundworm
d)
flatworm
21.
Which groups of invertebrates exist? 
a)
Arthropods, molluscs and worms
b)
Arachnics, worms, molluscs and echinoderms 
c)
Sponges, insects, worms, molluscs and arthropods
d)
Arthropods, sponges, jellyfish, echinoderms, worms and molluscs
22.

They have poisonous tentacles

a)

birds

b)

fish

c)

echinoderms

d)

Cnidarians

23.
Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates living on Earth?
a)
vertebrates
b)
invertebrates
24.
Which animal below is a bird?
a)
trout
b)
duck
c)
alligator
d)
dolphin
25.

How many legs does insects have?

(a)  

26.

How many legs do arachnids have?

(a)  

27.

Which of the following classes represents an invertebrate with 10-40 legs?

a)

Crustacean

b)

Arachnid

c)

Insect

d)

Myriapod

28.

Which class under the phylum Arthropoda has multiple segments and each segment has jointed legs?

a)

arachnid

b)

crustacean

c)

myriapod

d)

insect

29.
The ________ have 2 shells 
a)
Gastropods
b)
Bivalves
c)
Archnids 
d)
Anelids 
30.
The _____ have articulated legs.
a)
Jellyfish
b)
echinoderms 
c)
Arthropods
d)
worms 
31.
The molluscs are divided into...
a)
Arachnids, bivalves and sponges
b)
Worms, echinoderms and gastropods
c)
gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods 
d)
insects, arachnids and crustaceans 
32.
a)

Jellyfish

b)

Sponge

c)

Worm

d)

fish

33.

Which one is a mollusk bivalve?

a)
b)
c)
d)
34.
a)

Mollusk bivalve

b)

Mollusk cephalopod

c)

Mollusk gastropod

d)

Crustacean

35.

A leech is a

a)

Annelid

b)

Arthropod

c)

Echinoderm

d)

Porifera

36.
a)

Crustacean

b)

Insect

c)

echinoderm

d)

archnid

37.

Insect

a)
b)
c)
d)
38.
It has 8 legs so it is an...
a)
Tentacles
b)
Insect
c)
Arachnid 
d)
Crab
39.

Echinoderm

a)
b)
c)
d)
40.

Mollusc Cephalopod

a)
b)
c)
d)
41.

Vertebrates are

a)

BIRDS, FISH AND REPTILES

b)

BIRDS AND FISH

c)

AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES

d)

AMPHIBIANS, BIRDS, FISH, MAMMALS AND REPTILES

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