5th Grade Science

Animal Classification
Draw a line to match the words with the appropriate definition.
(Find the answers on the next page.)

Mollusks

Animals with backbones

Parasites

Animals without backbones

Vertebrates

Invertebrates with soft, unsegmented

bodies, usually protected by hard outer
shells

Amphibians

Animals or plants that live in or on a host

another animal or plant

Invertebrates

Arthropods having two or three body

sections, five or more pairs of legs, and
two pairs of antennae. They breathe
through gills and have at some kind of
claw.

Filter feeders

Small arthropods with three separate

sections to their bodies: head, thorax,
abdomen. They have 3 pairs of legs on
the thorax, and, usually, have a pair of
wings.

Crustaceans

Animals living on both land and water

Insects

Organisms that filter small particles from

water to get their food

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5th Grade Science

Animal Classification
Answers

Mollusks

Animals with backbones

Parasites

Animals without backbones

Vertebrates

Invertebrates with soft, unsegmented

bodies, usually protected by hard outer
shells

Amphibians

Animals or plants that live in or on a host

another animal or plant

Invertebrates

Arthropods having two or three body

sections, five or more pairs of legs, and
two pairs of antennae. They breathe
through gills and have at some kind of
claw.

Filter feeders

Small arthropods with three separate

sections to their bodies: head, thorax,
abdomen. They have 3 pairs of legs on
the thorax, and, usually, have a pair of
wings.

Crustaceans

Animals living on both land and water

Insects

Organisms that filter small particles from

water to get their food

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