Invertebrates & Vertebrates Quiz

This is an animal WITH a backbone. ​ (a)  

• Vertebrate
• Invertebrate

This is an animal WITHOUT a backbone. ​ (a)  

• Invertebrate
• Vertebrate

This invertebrate has radial symmetry. It also has tentacles, muscle tissues, stinger cells, and a mouth.​ (a)  

This invertebrate has no true organization, no real tissues nor organs. They are asymmetrical.​ (b)  

This invertebrate has a muscular foot or tentacles, a mantle which produces a shell, bilateral symmetry, and specialized organs like gills, a heart and well-developed nervous system.​ (c)  

This invertebrate has an endoskeleton, thin and bumpy skin, radial symmetry, and a water pressure system that helps them feed, breathe and move. ​ (d)  

This invertebrate is the most numerous animal group on earth making up more than half of the world's animal species. It has a very efficient body plan, an exoskeleton, and segmented body parts with limbs used as wings or claws. ​ (e)  

• Cnidarians
• Sponges
• Mollusks
• Echinoderms
• Arthropods

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Cnidarian stinger cells have this inside of them which immobilizes their prey.

• Poison

• Barbed wire

• Slime

• Silly string

Match the following simple invertebrates to their examples or alternate names.

• Jellyfish, Sea Anemone, Coral, Hydra

• Sponge

• Nematodes

• Roundworm

• Platyhelminthes

• Flatworm

• Sponge

• Segmented Worm

• Annelids

• Cnidarian

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following animals to their complex vertebrate group.

• Squid, Clams, Octopus, Snails

• Arthropod

• Sea Star, Sea Urchin, Sea Cucumber

• Echinoderm

• Crab, Insect, Millipede, Spider

• Mollusk

This type of symmetry has no organization.​ (a)  

This type of symmetry has body parts arranged around a central point. ​ (b)  

This type of symmetry has a body that can be divided along only one plane to produce two mirror images. ​ (c)  

• Asymmetrical
• Radial
• Bilateral

This type of vertebrate is divided into 3 classes: jawless, cartilaginous and bony. ​ (a)  

This vertebrate bridges the gap between land and water. ​ (b)  

This vertebrate has thick, scaly, and waterproof skin and needs to use the heat in their environments to stay warm. ​ (c)  

This vertebrate has hollow bones and feathers to help them fly and keep heat inside their bodies. ​ (d)  

This vertebrate has large brains, produces milk for their young, has hair or fur and generates its own body heat. ​ (e)  

• fish
• amphibians
• reptiles
• birds
• mammals

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Match the following fish examples to their fish class.

• Swordfish, Tuna, Clownfish

• Jawless

• Shark, Skate, Ray

• Cartilaginous

• Lamprey, Hagfish

• Bony

Match the following term.

• Placental Mammal

• Mammal that fully develops their young inside before birth.

• Monotreme

• Mammal that has a pouch where their undeveloped young are further developed.

• Marsupial

• Mammal that lays eggs; after hatching are fed milk from their mothers.