Vertebrates - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the scientific word for cold-blooded?

endothermic

ectothermic

thermal

coldtherm

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is the scientific word for warm-blooded?

warmtherm

ectothermic

thermal

endothermic

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births. What am I?

Reptile

Bird

Mammal

Fish

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs. What am I?

Mammal

Fish

Amphibian

Reptile

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

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

amphibians

arthropods

mammals

fish

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Vertebrate

Invertebrate

7.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

What word means body temperature stays the same no matter what the outside temperature is?

cold blooded

warm blooded

classify

vertebrate

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are animals with a backbone called?

vertebrates

invertebrates

backies

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What group of vertebrates are robins and owls?

fish

mammals

amphibians

birds

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What group of vertebrates is a mouse?

fish

mammals

amphibians

birds

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are animals without backbones called?

vertebrates

invertebrates

classify

cold blooded

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What group of vertebrates are snakes and lizards?

amphibians

reptiles

mammals

fish

13.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

What word means body temperature changes when the outside temperature changes?

cold blooded

warm blooded

classify

vertebrate

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

An animal's color or pattern that helps it blend into its surroundings

Environment

Mimicry

Camouflage

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What am I?

Mammal

Amphibian

Bird

Reptile

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What group of vertebrates are snakes and lizards?

amphibians

reptiles

mammals

fish

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is an adaptation?

A feature or behavior that helps an animal survie.

The food that an animal eats.

How energy moves in a food web.

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

There are five categories of vertebrates. Which one is not a vertebrate?

Mammals

Birds

Arthropods

Reptiles

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water. What am I?

Amphibian

Reptile

Bird

Fish

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which statement is true about vertebrates?

All vertebrates have legs for movement

They have a protective skin covering

All vertebrates are endothermic

They have an exoskeleton

21.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates living on Earth?

vertebrates

invertebrates

22.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What do each of the following animals have in common?

fish, snake, turtle, lizard

endothermic

vertebrates

invertebrates

ectothermic

23.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

An animal that lives in water and has scales, fins, and gills.

fish

mammal

insect

amphibian

24.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What animals breathe with their lungs?

Mammals and birds

Fish and chips

Mammals, birds, reptiles and adult amphibians

Humans, birds and sharks

25.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of these animals breathe through their gills?

Fish

Fish and baby amphibians

Mammals, adult amphibians, reptiles and birds

26.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which animals have scales?

Fish and reptiles

Mammals, birds and amphibians

27.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Amphibians spend the first part of their lives in the fresh water breathing through gills.

True

False

28.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Vertebrates can only be warm blooded.

True

False

29.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

_____ means "two lives."

amphibians

fish

reptiles

mammals

30.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Some fish have skeletons made of bone and _____.

skin

cartilage

muscle

31.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____

they give birth to live young

they produce milk

they breathe through gills

they are covered with hair

32.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Whats the biggest difference between birds and mammals?

birds are warm blooded

mothers take care of their babies

birds have thin bones and skulls

birds are vertebrates

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