Complex Animals
Practice Test
1.
What is the scientific term for a skeleton on the outside of the body?
a.
bone
b.
exoskeleton
c.
endoskeleton
d.
cell wall
Hint
2.
What phylum do vetebrates belong to?
a.
chordates
b.
spiny-skin animals
c.
jointed-leg animals
d.
amphibians
Hint
3.
Frogs, toads, and salamanders are members of which vertebrate class?
a.
reptile
b.
amphibian
c.
spiny-skin animal
d.
chordate
Hint
4.
What is the state of becoming metabolically inactive during cold weather?
a.
hibernation
b.
molting
c.
respiration
d.
sleeping
Hint
5.
Ants are an example of what kind of invertebrate?
a.
spiny-skin animals
b.
stinging-cell animals
c.
jointed-leg animals
d.
soft-body animals
Hint
6.
What is an animal that has hair and feeds milk to its young?
a.
fish
b.
reptile
c.
bird
d.
mammal
Hint
7.
What is the term for the process by which animals with exoskeletons grow?
a.
hardening
b.
growing
c.
molting
d.
digestion
Hint
8.
_____ are structures used to breathe while under water.
a.
Siphons
b.
Fins
c.
Lungs
d.
Gills
Hint
9.
What do we call fish that have no jaws and are not covered with scales?
a.
catfish
b.
cartilage fish
c.
jawless fish
d.
scaleless fish
Hint
10.
What does the name centipede mean?
a.
100 legs
b.
10 legs
c.
10 000 legs
d.
1000 legs
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