- 1. An animal that lives part of its life in water and part on land is a(n)
A) mammal
B) fish
C) reptile
D) amphibian
A) an invertebrate with jointed legs and a body divided into sections
B) an invertebrate that remains anchored to one spot
C) an invertebrate that lives inside the body of another animal
D) an invertebrate with a spiny skin that lives in the ocean
- 3. The only warm-blooded animals with a body covering of feathers are
A) snakes
B) birds
C) fish
D) mammals
- 4. An organism that is produced by only one parent organism is called a(n)
A) seed
B) clone
C) embryo
D) egg
- 5. The passing of traits from parents to their offspring is known as
A) behavior
B) instinct
C) heredity
D) cloning
- 6. A(n) ____________ is any animal that has a backbone.
A) vertebrate
B) reptile
C) mammal
D) invertebrate
- 7. Insects have a hard ___________ that protects their bodies.
A) endoskeleton
B) exoskeleton
C) spine
D) backbone
- 8. A lizard is a cold-blooded vertebrate belonging to the ____________ group.
A) amphibian
B) reptile
C) mammal
D) cnidarian
- 9. Butterflies go through a process of change called
A) heredity
B) life functions
C) metamorphosis
D) cloning
- 10. A(n) ________________ is an organism's birth, growth, reproduction, and death.
A) life cycle
B) life span
C) metamorphosis
D) behavior
- 11. What is the length of time an organism is expected to live?
A) life span
B) childhood
C) life cycle
D) metamorphosis
- 12. The behavior that an organism gains from experience is
A) heredity
B) instinct
C) inherited behavior
D) learned behavior
- 13. __________________ is the behavior an organism is born with.
A) Inherited behavior
B) Learned behavior
- 14. A(n) _____________ is a warm-blooded vertebrate with fur or hair. They also produce milk for their young.
A) mammal
B) bird
C) reptile
D) amphibian
- 15. Animals, such as birds and mammals, that use energy from food to keep a constant body temperature are
A) warm-blooded
B) cold-blooded
C) cold-natured
D) warm-natured
- 16. Animals, such as fish, amphibians, and reptiles, that cannot control their body temperature are
A) cold-natured
B) cold-blooded
C) warm-blooded
D) warm-natured
- 17. Corals and jellyfish are examples of _______________. They are animals with armlike parts called tentacles.
A) cnidarians
B) echinoderms
C) sponges
D) mollusks
- 18. Snails and slugs are the only _____________ that live on land. These invertebrates have a shell that protects their soft bodies.
A) mollusks
B) sponges
C) cnidarians
D) echinoderms
- 19. ______________ include spiders, ticks, and scorpions. These invertebrates are a type of arthropod.
A) Insects
B) Crustaceans
C) Bugs
D) Arachnids
- 20. The three main groups of ___________ are flatworms, roundworms, and segmented worms.
A) arthropods
B) invertebrates
C) vertebrates
D) worms
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