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how can classify animals

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is a characteristic that is passed on to a living thing from its parents?

a)

trait

b)

burrow

c)

reptile

d)

bird

2.

What is an animal with a back cone called?

a)

burrow

b)

vertebrate

c)

trait

d)

exoskeleton

3.

Which are cold blooded vertebrates that have smooth, moist skin?

a)

vertebrates

b)

birds

c)

reptiles

d)

amphibians

4.

Animals that have a hard covering outside their body are called?

a)

arthropods

b)

vertebrate

c)

worms

d)

jellies

5.

Which vertebrate class consists of animals that are warm blooded, lay eggs, and breathe with lungs.

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

amphibians

d)

birds

6.

Which vertebrate class consists of animals that are warm blooded, give birth to live young, and breathe with lungs.

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

amphibians

d)

birds

7.

Which vertebrate class consists of animals that are cold blooded, lay eggs, breathe with gills then lungs, and have smooth, moist skin.

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

amphibians

d)

birds

8.

Which vertebrate class consists of animals that are cold blooded, lay eggs, and are covered with scales.

a)

reptiles

b)

mammals

c)

amphibians

d)

birds

9.

Which is true about fish?

a)

covered with scales, breathe with gills, warm blooded

b)

covered with scales, breathe with gills, cold blooded

c)

covered with scales, breathe with lungs, warm blooded

d)

covered with scales, breathe with gills, gives birth to live young

10.

Which list contains only invertebrates?

a)

fish, snake, snail, and jellyfish

b)

bee, worm, spider, snake

c)

butterfly, snail, turtle, snake

d)

spider, worm, bee, jellyfish

11.

Which lists only vertebrates?

a)

tiger, fish, shark, crab

b)

worm, snake, frog, turtle

c)

bee, crab, spider, fly

d)

turtle, eagle, shark, snake

12.

Which statement is true?

a)

Birds and reptiles are both cold blooded.

b)

Mammals and amphibians are both warm blooded.

c)

Reptiles and amphibians are both cold blooded and lay eggs.

d)

Reptiles and amphibians are both covered with scales.

13.

I am born in the water with gills, when I grow up I develop lungs and can live on land. I am a(n)

a)

mammal

b)

reptile

c)

arthropod

d)

amphibian

14.

Which is not a characteristic of a mammal?

a)

Mammals have backbones

b)

Mammals breathe with gills.

c)

Mammals make milk.

d)

Mammals are warm blooded.

15.

I live my entire life in water. I also have gills, scales and fins. What am I?

a)

an Invertebrate

b)

an Amphibian

c)

a Reptile

d)

a Fish

16.

What group of animals are invertebrates?

a)

Mammal

b)

Reptile

c)

Arthropod

d)

Fish

17.

An animal with a backbone is a(n)

a)

worm

b)

vertebrate

c)

invertebrate

d)

crab

18.

Which are cold blooded vertebrates that have smooth, moist skin?

a)

vertebrates

b)

birds

c)

reptiles

d)

amphibians

19.

The shark is a.........

a)

Mammal

b)

Fish

c)

Reptile

20.

The crocodile is a

a)

mammal

b)

reptile

c)

amphibian

21.

The penguin is a

a)

mammal

b)

bird

c)

amphibian

d)

reptile