This document contains a worksheet with questions about different types of vertebrate animals. The questions cover topics like physical characteristics, habitats, means of reproduction and more. Learners are asked to identify animals from pictures, research animals online, match characteristics to specific vertebrate groups, and describe features of common pets. The goal is to test the learner's knowledge of vertebrate classification and biology.

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1. Look at these pictures and write a short text on each animal as you
answer the questions.
Which animals are they?
What do they have in common?
What differentiatesthem?
Are they vertebrates? Why?
Which group of vertebrates do they belong to?
Why?
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2. Look at these two pictures. Look for a program on the Interneton
these two animalsand answer Yes or No.
It is viviparous. …… It is viviparous. ……
It is oviparous.…… It is oviparous. ……
Its body is covered Its body is covered
in scales. … in scales. ………
It breaths through It breaths through
its lungs. …. its lungs. .…
It breaths through It breaths through
gills. …… gills. ……..
It is a water animal. …… It is a water animal. …
It is a land animal. …… It is a land animal. ……
It is a fish. …… It is a fish. ……
It is a reptile. …… It is a reptile. ……
It is a crocodile. …… It is a grouper. ……

3. 3. Read carefully the main characteristics of these animals and write
their names(one letter in each box).
It has a beak, wings, feathers and lungs. It is oviparous.
They breathe through lungs. Nearly all are carnivores, but someare
herbivores.
It has scales and breathes through gills. It is oviparousand it can be a
carnivore, an herbivore or an omnivore.
It has four limbs. It is oviparous. Ithas moist skin and a long, sticky
tongue.
4. Write the nameof your pet, if you haveone, or the one you would
like to have if you don’thave one. What typeof animal is it and
what are its characteristics?
My pet’s nameis ………………………………………………………………………
It is a …………………………………………………………………………………

4. Its body is covered in ……………………………………………………………..
It eats…………………………………………………………………………………
Other characteristics……………………………………………….
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5. Read the characteristics in the boxes. Which vertebrate do they
correspond to?
Reptiles
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Mammals
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Fish ……………………………………………………………………………………….
Amphibians
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Birds ……………………………………………………………………………………….
6. Look at these pictures and write a characteristic both animals have
in common and another one that differentiates them.
feathers scales beak hair bare skin

5. Common characteristic
They are both
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Characteristic that differentiates them
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7. Fill in the gaps with the words in the boxes.
………………………………………….are animalsthat only eat plants.
Mammalsare animalsthat have ………………………., ……………………….
and …………………………………..
……………………..are mammals.
mammary
glands
herbivore
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teethhair
bird
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6. 8. Answer these questions and explain the main characteristics of
this animal in two lines.
Which animal is it? …………………………………………….….
Its body is covered in ……………………………....
It has ……..............…. legs.
It has ………......……………… and………………...………….. and it can produce
milk.
Its babies are born from their mother’s ……..………………...
They breathe through …………………. .
They are ……………………………………..because of what they eat.
It belongs to the ……………………………………………..…. group.
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7. 9. Which of these characteristics do most vertebrates have in
common? Writean X in the correct box.
Yes No
They lay eggs.
They have wings.
They have a spine.
They have feathers.
They have a head.
They have a tail.
They have shells.
They have limbs.
10. Underline the animal that doesn’t belong to the same group as the
others and writewhy they do not belong to that group.
a)Lizard, snake, crocodile, hake.
It does not belong to this group because
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b)Viper, water snake, lizard, anaconda.
It does not belong to this group because
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8. c)Sea bream, turtle, anchovy, cod.
It does not belong to this group because
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