Vertebrates – practice for Years 7–8

Sample questions on Vertebrates with the right answer and a worked solution, from easy to hard. In the Pickles Academy app a child gets new questions of the same kind every time, so they can't just learn the answers by heart.

Subject

Biology

Year

Years 7–8

Curriculum area

Animal biology

Question types: Match the vertebrate class

Sample questions

1. Question 1 Easy

   Which vertebrate class is this typical of? Match each item (1–3) with the right option (A–D).

   1. body covered with feathers
   2. breathe through gills and swim with fins
   3. dry skin covered with horny scales or plates

   • A) birds
   • B) reptiles
   • C) fish
   • D) mammals
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. body covered with feathers → A) birds
   2. breathe through gills and swim with fins → C) fish
   3. dry skin covered with horny scales or plates → B) reptiles

   How it works: body covered with feathers – birds; breathe through gills and swim with fins – fish; dry skin covered with horny scales or plates – reptiles

2. Question 2 Normal

   Which vertebrate class is this typical of? Match each item (1–4) with the right option (A–E).

   1. body covered with fur or hair
   2. thin moist skin they also breathe through
   3. a lateral line senses movement in the water
   4. front limbs changed into wings, a toothless beak

   • A) mammals
   • B) birds
   • C) fish
   • D) reptiles
   • E) amphibians
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. body covered with fur or hair → A) mammals
   2. thin moist skin they also breathe through → E) amphibians
   3. a lateral line senses movement in the water → C) fish
   4. front limbs changed into wings, a toothless beak → B) birds

   How it works: body covered with fur or hair – mammals; thin moist skin they also breathe through – amphibians; a lateral line senses movement in the water – fish; front limbs changed into wings, a toothless beak – birds

3. Question 3 Hard

   Which vertebrate class is this typical of? Match each item (1–4) with the right option (A–E).

   1. body covered with feathers
   2. breathe through gills and swim with fins
   3. dry skin covered with horny scales or plates
   4. body covered with fur or hair

   • A) fish
   • B) amphibians
   • C) birds
   • D) reptiles
   • E) mammals
   Show the solution

   Answer:

   1. body covered with feathers → C) birds
   2. breathe through gills and swim with fins → A) fish
   3. dry skin covered with horny scales or plates → D) reptiles
   4. body covered with fur or hair → E) mammals

   How it works: body covered with feathers – birds; breathe through gills and swim with fins – fish; dry skin covered with horny scales or plates – reptiles; body covered with fur or hair – mammals

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