Biology Vertebrates And Invertebrates

Question 1

What are invertebrates?

Answer 1

Animals that do not have a backbone.

Question 2

Give two examples of invertebrates.

Answer 2

Jellyfish and octopuses.

Question 3

What are vertebrates?

Answer 3

Animals that have a backbone.

Question 4

List three classes of vertebrates.

Answer 4

Mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Question 5

True or False: All vertebrates are warm-blooded.

Answer 5

False.

Question 6

What is the primary characteristic that distinguishes monocots from dicots?

Answer 6

The number of cotyledons in the seed.

Question 7

How many cotyledons do monocots have?

Answer 7

One.

Question 8

How many cotyledons do dicots have?

Answer 8

Two.

Question 9

True or False: Monocots typically have parallel leaf veins.

Answer 9

True.

Question 10

What type of leaf venation is common in dicots?

Answer 10

Net-like or branching venation.

Question 11

Fill in the blank: Monocots usually have _____ flower parts.

Answer 11

Three or multiples of three.

Question 12

Fill in the blank: Dicots typically have _____ flower parts.

Answer 12

Four or five or multiples of four or five.

Question 13

What is an example of a monocot plant?

Answer 13

Grass.

Question 14

What is an example of a dicot plant?

Answer 14

Rose.

Question 15

True or False: Invertebrates make up the majority of animal species on Earth.

Answer 15

True.

Question 16

What type of circulatory system do vertebrates generally have?

Answer 16

Closed circulatory system.

Question 17

What type of circulatory system do most invertebrates have?

Answer 17

Open circulatory system.

Question 18

Name a characteristic feature of mammals.

Answer 18

Presence of mammary glands.

Question 19

What is the primary function of a seed’s cotyledon?

Answer 19

To store nutrients for the developing plant.

Question 20

Fill in the blank: The largest group of invertebrates is _____ .

Answer 20

Arthropods.

Question 21

True or False: All dicots have a woody structure.

Answer 21

False.

Question 22

Which group of plants typically has a more complex root system, monocots or dicots?

Answer 22

Dicots.

Question 23

What is the main reproductive structure of flowering plants called?

Answer 23

Flower.

Question 24

What is the term for animals without a backbone?

Answer 24

Invertebrates.

Question 25

What type of symmetry do most invertebrates exhibit?

Answer 25

Radial or bilateral symmetry.

Question 26

Fill in the blank: The phylum that includes insects is called _____ .

Answer 26

Arthropoda.

Question 27

What two main groups can flowering plants be divided into?

Answer 27

Monocots and dicots.

Question 28

True or False: All vertebrates lay eggs.

Answer 28

False.

Question 29

Which group of animals is characterized by having scales?

Answer 29

Reptiles.

Question 30

What type of plants are characterized by having fibrous roots?

Answer 30

Monocots.

Question 31

What type of plants are characterized by having taproots?

Answer 31

Dicots.

Question 32

Fill in the blank: The group of vertebrates that can fly is primarily _____ .

Answer 32

Birds.

Question 33

What is the term for the body plan of animals with bilateral symmetry?

Answer 33

Bilateral symmetry.

Question 34

What type of animal is known for having a soft body and often a shell?

Answer 34

Mollusks.