Animal Classification Review Quiz

• Students A, B, and D have reptiles because they have dry scaly skin and breathe with lungs. Student C has a fish because it has scales and breathes with gills.

• Students A and B have reptiles because they have dry scaly skin and breathe with lungs. Students C and d have fish because they have scales and breathe with gills.

• Students A and B have reptiles because they have dry scaly skin and breathe with lungs. Student C has a fish because it has scales and breathes with gills. Student D has an amphibian since it starts with gills and develops lungs.

• Student B has a reptile because it has dry scaly skin and breathes with lungs. Student C has a fish because it has scales and breathes with gills. Students A and D have an amphibian since it starts with gills and develops lungs.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Animals 1, 3, and 4 will be classified together since they all lay eggs. Animal 2 will be classified separately since this animal has live birth.

• Animals 1 and 4 will be classified together since they have scales. Animals 2 and 3 will be classified together since they do not have scales.

• Animals 1 and 3 will be classified together since they both breathe with gills. Animals 2 and 4 will be classified together since they both breathe with lungs.

• Animals 1, 2, and 4 will be classified together since they have backbones. Animal 3 will be classified separately since this animal does not have backbones

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• The student should classify the snake with the spider since the snake does not have any legs, it must be an invertebrate,

• The student should classify the snake by adding a “reptile” group to the warm blooded group since a snake lives on land like a lion and hawk.

• The student should classify the snake by adding a “reptile” group to the cold blooded group since a snake cannot regulate its body temperature like a shark.

• The student should have classified the snake as a fish since the snake is cold-blooded

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Student A and B have pets that are both classified as vertebrates because they have a backbone, whereas Student C has a pet that is an invertebrate because it does not have a backbone.

• Student A and B have pets that are both classified as invertebrates because they have a backbone, whereas Student C has a pet that is a vertebrate because it does not have a backbone.

• All students’ pets are vertebrates because they either have a backbone or a large shell to provide structure.

• All students’ pets are invertebrates because they either have a backbone or a large shell to provide structure.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• The model accurately represents how scientists classify animals based upon their characteristics.

• The model is mostly correct. The only error is an alligator should be in a separate category since it is a reptile, not an amphibian.

• The model is incorrect because a whale should be in the mammal subgroup since it has lungs, and another error is there needs to be another category under vertebrate for reptiles since frogs not amphibians.

• The model is incorrect because a whale should be in the mammal subgroup since it has lungs, and another error is there needs to be another category under vertebrate for reptiles since alligators are not amphibians.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2