Classification of Animals

These flashcards will test how much you have mastered the General Classification of Animals.

28 cards   |   Total Attempts: 189
  

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What do you call animals that are ectothermic and usually have soft, moist skin?
AMPHIBIANS
Most birds can fly because of a unique characteristic of their skeleton.
How will you describe the skeleton of birds?
Their skeleton is very light in weight.
Their skeleton is made of light, hollow bones.
What are the three kinds of mammals?
Marsupials, Monotremes, and Placental Mammals.
What do you call the hard,outer covering that protects an animal's body and gives it support? (Hint: insects and some invertebrtaes have this.)
EXOSKELETON
What do you call an invertebrate that is full of holes and stay fixed in one place?
SPONGE
What do you call an invertebrate that has a head, tail, a flattened body, and can live inside the bodies of animals and humans, causing them to get sick?
FLATWORM
What do you call an invertebrate that is spiny-skinned and has tiny tube feet?
ECHINODERM
What do you call the group of invertebrates that have jointed legs and hard exoskeleton?
ARTHROPOD
What do you call the soft-bodied invertebrates, in which some of them are protected by a hard shell?
MOLLUSKS
What do you call a tube-shaped invertebrate which has a segmented body?
SEGMENTED WORMS
What do you call invertebrates that have stinging cells?
CNIDARIANS
What do you call a tube-shaped invertebrate which has a round body, and can live inside humans and other animals, causing them to get sick?
ROUNDWORMS
Question 13
Identify this animal (example: VERTEBRATE, MAMMAL or INVERTEBRATE, ECHINODERM)
VERTEBRATE, MAMMAL
Question 14
Identify this animal (example: VERTEBRATE, MAMMAL or INVERTEBRATE, ECHINODERM)
VERTEBRATE, BIRD
Question 15
Identify this animal (example: VERTEBRATE, MAMMAL or INVERTEBRATE, ECHINODERM)
VERTEBRATE, REPTILE