Grade 5 Science: Animal Classification
This worksheet helps fifth-grade students understand animal classification, including vertebrates and invertebrates, and different animal groups.
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Grade 5 Science: Animal Classification
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability.
1. Which of the following is NOT a vertebrate?
Fish
Bird
Insect
Mammal
2. Animals that lay eggs are called:
Viviparous
Oviparous
Mammals
Amphibians
3. Animals with backbones are called .
4. Animals without backbones are called .
5. A cold-blooded animal that lives both on land and in water is an .
6. All mammals lay eggs.
True
False
7. Insects are a type of invertebrate.
True
False
8. Name two characteristics of mammals.
9. How are reptiles different from amphibians?
Match the animal group with its characteristic.
10. Fish
a. Have feathers and lay eggs
11. Birds
b. Live in water and breathe with gills
12. Reptiles
c. Have dry, scaly skin
Use the words from the word bank to complete the sentences below.
13. Spiders and insects are examples of .
14. Humans, dogs, and whales are all types of .