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Classification of Animals Review
Classification of Animals Review
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Use your knowledge of how animals are grouped to help you answer the following review questions.
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Which is the smallest level of classification?
Genus
Species
Order
Family
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What is a large group of related animals called?
Family
Genus
Phylum
Species
3
The genus name for humans is?
Homo
Homo Sapiens
Human
Sapiens
4
The octopus belongs to which animal group?
Worms
Cnidarians
Mollusks
Echinoderm
5
Which is an example of a physical adaption?
A bear hibernating
A whale migrating
A camel's hump
A skunk spraying its predator
6
Which is an example of a behavioral adaption?
An eagle's sharp beak
A giraffe's long neck
A opossum playing dead
A rhinoceros's horn
7
Which of the following belong to mammals?
Humans
All answers are correct
Whales
Elephants
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Which animal class gives live birth and feeds their young milk?
Mammals
Reptiles
Birds
Fish
9
What are the stages of the frog's life cycle?
Egg, Tadpole, Adult
Egg, Adult
Egg, Tadpole, Pupa, Adult
Egg, Pupa, Tadpole, Adult
10
Why do scientists use a classification system?
To organize their information about organisms
To accurately name organisms
All answers are correct
To make communication easier
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Which is an example of a physical adaptation?
Fish swimming in schools
A snow rabbit's white fur
Whales migrating
Bears hibernating
12
What do mammals feed their young?
Chocolate
Grass
Milk
Bread
13
A sea turtle's animal classification is?
Reptile
Cnidarian
Fish
Amphibian
14
What is a learned behavior?
A behavior animals must be taught
A behavior animals learn in school
A behavior animals are born with
A behavior animals learned in adulthood
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Which is an example of a behavioral adaptation?
A duck's webbed feet
A bear hibernating
An elephant's long trunk
A frog's long tongue
16
Comparing or organizing things into groups is called?
Classification
Separating
Fundraising
Coming Together
17
How do cold-blooded animals get their heat?
From their heart
From living in the desert
From living in the sea
From their surroundings
18
What are the seven levels of classification?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Soda
King, Phylum, Class, Order, For, Grape, Species
Kingdom, Phillip, Class, Over, Family, Genus, Species
19
Some animals begin as an egg and then undergo changes in their?
Egg
Family
Larva
Life Cycle
20
All birds...
All answers are incorrect
Breathe with gills
Have soft, moist skin
Give live birth
21
What is a physical adaptation?
A change to an animal's body to help it survive better
A way an animal collects food for survival
A way animals act
A behavioral change that helps an animal survive better
22
What tool is used to name and identify unknown organisms?
Dictionary
Dichotomous Key
Magnifying Glass
Microscope
23
Which is the correct way to write the scientific name for humans?
homo Sapiens
homo sapiens
Homo sapiens
Homo Sapiens
24
Fish are streamlined in shape for faster movement in water. This is an example of?
Psychological Adaptation
Behavioral Adaptation
Attitude Adaptation
Physical Adaptation
25
What are the five classes of vertebrates?
Reptiles, Amphibians, Mammals, Fish, Cnidarians
Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Fish
Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Sponges, Arthropods
Fish, Mammals, Echinoderms, Mollusks, Amphibians
26
Which is the largest classification level?
Family
Kingdom
Genus
Class
27
Which adaptation allows animals to blend in with their surroundings?
Mimicry
Hiding
Camouflage
Disguise
28
What do all vertebrates have in common?
They all have four legs
They all have fur
They all breathe with lungs
They all have a backbone
29
Which invertebrate is a filter feeder?
Cnidarian
Sponge
Arthropod
Mollusk
30
What are the four kingdoms of Eukarya?
Protists, Fungi, Animals, Aliens
Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals
Protists, Fungi, Dinosaurs, Animals
Protists, Fungi, Archaea, Bacteria
31
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, ____, Genus, Species. What is the missing group?
Family
Protists
Familiar
Clan
32
Which of the following animals is an invertebrate?
Zebra
Fish
Human
Snail
33
Which two classification levels are used to scientifically name an organism?
Genus and Family
Genus and Species
Genus and Class
Genus and Phylum
34
A group of similar animals is called a(n)?
Phylum
Adaptation
Pack
Group
35
All Reptiles...
Are covered in scales
Are cold-blooded
Breathe with lungs
All answers are correct
36
Animals that begin their life in water and live the rest of their life in land are called ?
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibian
Birds
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Why are adaptations important?
To help animals adjust to their environment
To help animals survive better
All answers are correct
To help animals from not becoming extinct
38
What do Archaea and Bacteria have in common?
Nucleus
No Nucleus
Large Organisms
Multicellular
39
Which group of invertebrates have bodies divided into five parts?
Cnidarians
Worms
Echinoderms
Mollusks
40
What is the major change in the body form of an animal during its life cycle called?
Gene
Trait
Life
Metamorphosis
41
Which animal class lives their entire life in water and lays eggs without shells?
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Mammals
42
Which group of invertebrates have stinging cells on their tentacles?
Cnidarians
Octopus
Mollusks
Echinoderms
43
What is an invertebrate?
An animal without a backbone
An animal with a backbone
An animal without hair
An animal without legs
44
What is an instinct?
A behavior that must be taught
A behavior an animal cannot perform
A behavior that animals are born with
A behavior animals learn from watching other animals
45
What two adaptations do animals have to avoid being captured?
Mimicry, Camouflage
Migration, Hibernation
Hibernation, Camouflage
Mimicry, Hibernation
46
Which of the following animals lay eggs?
Humans
Tigers
Robin
Whales
47
What do scientists call the two naming system used to identify unknown organisms?
Animal Classification
Scientific Naming
Trinomial Nomenclature
Binomial Nomenclature
48
What is an example of a physical adaptation?
A polar bear having a warm fur coat
A deer running away from danger
Wolves living in packs
Geese migrating south for the winter
49
What do we call a scientist who names and identifies animals?
Biologist
Zoologist
Taxonomist
Scientist
50
Which group of organisms with similar traits can mate and produce offspring?
Species
Family
Class
Genus
51
When you classify, you put things in?
Order
Groups
Rows
Columns
52
What does metamorphosis mean?
Classification of animals
Change in behavior
Study of animals
Change in form
53
What adaptation allows an animal to look very much like another animal or object?
Acting
Camouflage
Migration
Mimicry
54
What do all arthropods have in common?
Jointed Legs, Segmented Bodies, One or Two Shells
Soft Bodies, Jointed Legs, Exoskeleton
Spiny Coverings, Jointed Legs, Exoskeleton
Segmented Bodies, Jointed Legs, Exoskeleton
55
Which scientist was famous for coming up with the two-naming system used to identify organisms?
Albert Einstein
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
Carolus Linnaeus
56
Scientists _______ animals into groups to understand them better.
Split
Pair
Partner
Classify
57
Mammals are covered with?
Moist Skin
Scales
Hair
Air
58
How many levels of the classification system are there?
6
8
5
7
59
What characteristic increases an organisms chance of survival?
Species
Behavior
Camouflage
Adaptation
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Animals that make their own body heat are?
Warm-blooded
Red-blooded
Hot-blooded
Cold-blooded
