Animal Grouping and Classification Quiz

Animal Grouping

• Animals are grouped by features, food, and movement
• Animals are categorized into vertebrates (with backbones) and invertebrates (without backbones)

Vertebrates

• Fish live in water
• Amphibians live on land and in water
• Reptiles move by creeping or crawling
• Birds have wings, feathers, and beaks; some can fly
• Mammals feed their young with milk and give birth to live young

Invertebrates

• Worms have long, soft bodies
• Spiders have eight legs
• Insects have six legs, often wings, and three body parts (head, thorax, abdomen)

Animal Feeding Groups

• Carnivores eat only meat
• Herbivores eat only plants
• Omnivores eat both meat and plants
• Insectivores eat only insects

Animal Movement

• Animals use their legs for running, climbing, and crawling
• Animals use their wings for flying
• Animals use their fins for swimming
• Animals use their bodies for crawling and creeping
• Animals use their arms and legs for climbing, swinging, walking, and running

Food Chains

• A food chain shows how living things get food and energy passes from one to another, starting with plants and ending with animals

Predator-Prey Relationships

• Predators hunt other animals for food
• Prey are hunted by predators for food