Vertebrate or Invertebrate
What is an invertebrate?
An animal with no backbone or spine.
True or False, amphibians have fur or hair.
False
What is a reptile?
A reptile is an animal that has hard scaly skin and lays eggs on land. Also they are cold-blooded and cold-blooded means that it depends on whether it is hot or cold outside.
True or False, an angiosperm plant is the same thing as a flowering plant.
True
Which plant is a flowering plant?
a. pine tree
b. fir tree
c. grass
d. all the above
c
Name all of the vertebrate animal groups.
mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish
What gives birth to live offspring?
mammals
True or False, reptiles are warm-blooded.
False
What is a gymnosperm plant?
a seed producing plant, a conifer plant, a plant that has seeds inside its cones
Fill in the blank. Non-seed produces produce _____ instead of seeds.
spores
True or False, a human is a vertebrate.
True
Jellyfish belong to which invertebrate group?
the cnidarian group
Name all 5 vertebrate groups and explain how each group breathes.
mammals - lungs, reptiles - lungs, fish - gills, birds - lungs, amphibians - gills at birth and then lungs
What is the difference between vascular and nonvascular plants?
vascular plants have roots and grow tall, nonvascular plants have no roots and grow close to the ground
Select all that are NOT examples of a gymnosperm.
a. produces cones
b. produces flowers
c. produces spores
d. produces seeds
e. has a spine/backbone
b, c, e
True or False, there are more vertebrates than invertebrates in the world.
False, 97% of the world's animals are invertebrates.
How would you classify a caecilian?
a. invertebrate, worm, round worm
b. vertebrate, reptile, snake
c. vertebrate, amphibian
d. invertebrate, mollusk, clam
e. vertebrate, bird, chicken
What are 2 correct answers that describe the characteristics of the mammal group?
a. warm-blooded
b. lays eggs
c. fur or hair
d. cold-blooded
a, c
How would you classify grass?
Grass is a seed producing, flowering plant, or angiosperm plant.
What is the difference between gymnosperm plant and an angiosperm plant? Select all that apply.
a. angiosperms are plants with cones
b. angiosperms are plants with flowers
c. gymnosperms are plants with cones
d. gymnosperms are plants with no roots
b, c
Give 2 examples of a vertebrate and give 1 example is an invertebrate.
Answers may vary.
Which is true about amphibians? Select all.
a. they are cold-blooded
b. when they are older they live on land
c. they can stay in water forever
d. they are vertebrates
e. they lay eggs
a, b, d, e
What is the difference between a fish and an amphibian? Select all that apply.
a. fish are cold-blooded and amphibians are not
b. amphibians have beaks and fish do not
c. amphibians are born with gills and grow lungs, but fish only have gills
d. fish have fins and amphibians do not
e. all the above
c, d
If a seed producer produces seeds, what does a non-seed producer produce?
A non-seed producer has spores.
Name two examples of non-seed producing plants.
moss, ferns, horsetail, hornworts, liverworts, algae