Classifying animals: vertebrates and invertebrates
Grade 5 · Free printable game: Sorting hoops
Sorting hoops
Sort the cards, then let the numbers tell you if you got it right!
Cut out the cards. Sort them into piles: put each card on the hoop where it belongs. Then add up the little numbers on the cards in each hoop. If every total matches the number under its hoop, you sorted them all correctly. If a total is wrong, a card is in the wrong hoop: find it and move it!
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Classifying animals: vertebrates and invertebrates
Grade 5 · Worksheet
Circle the correct answer.
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? frog whale shark octopus
- Which group does an ant belong to? vertebrate crustacean insect bird
- Which group does a jellyfish belong to? reptile vertebrate insect invertebrate
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? eagle lizard shark crab
- Which group does a penguin belong to? vertebrate crustacean worm arachnid
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? woodlouse earthworm shark octopus
- Which group does a whale belong to? arachnid crustacean mammal mollusc
- Which group does a snail belong to? worm reptile vertebrate mollusc
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? bee penguin woodlouse jellyfish
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? bat shark butterfly whale
- Which group does a salmon belong to? crustacean fish bird arachnid
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? earthworm frog eagle lizard
- Which group does a newt belong to? mammal bird amphibian crustacean
- Which group does an earthworm belong to? reptile worm arachnid mammal
- Which group does an eagle belong to? arachnid fish insect vertebrate
- Which group does a shark belong to? amphibian crustacean worm vertebrate
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? butterfly bat crab scorpion
- Which group does a lizard belong to? crustacean mollusc vertebrate worm
- Which group does a frog belong to? arachnid bird crustacean vertebrate
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? whale newt lizard slug
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Classifying animals: vertebrates and invertebrates
Grade 5 · Answer sheet
Sorting hoops
Insects (total 21): bee (I, 1), ant (G, 5), butterfly (A, 8), beetle (F, 7)
Molluscs (total 13): slug (C, 2), octopus (B, 4), snail (J, 7)
Crustaceans (total 16): woodlouse (D, 7), lobster (E, 4), crab (H, 5)
Worksheet
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? octopus
- Which group does an ant belong to? insect
- Which group does a jellyfish belong to? invertebrate
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? crab
- Which group does a penguin belong to? vertebrate
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? shark
- Which group does a whale belong to? mammal
- Which group does a snail belong to? mollusc
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? penguin
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? butterfly
- Which group does a salmon belong to? fish
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? earthworm
- Which group does a newt belong to? amphibian
- Which group does an earthworm belong to? worm
- Which group does an eagle belong to? vertebrate
- Which group does a shark belong to? vertebrate
- Which of these animals is a vertebrate? bat
- Which group does a lizard belong to? vertebrate
- Which group does a frog belong to? vertebrate
- Which of these animals is an invertebrate? slug
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