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Classifying Living Things Worksheet (Grade 6)

Free printable classifying living things worksheet for Grade 6. Students learn vertebrates and invertebrates and the five vertebrate groups.

Grade 6 ยท Science worksheet
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Classifying Living Things Worksheet

Scientists sort living things into groups by their features, such as vertebrates (with a backbone) and invertebrates (without one). Fill in each blank.

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  1. 1.
    Animals that feed milk to their young and have a backbone are ___.
  2. 2.
    Worms, snails, and spiders are all ___ because they have no backbone.
  3. 3.
    Animals that have a backbone are called ___.
  4. 4.
    Is an insect a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
    • a) vertebrate
    • b) invertebrate
  5. 5.
    The five vertebrate groups are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and ___.
  6. 6.
    Sorting living things into groups by shared features is called ___.
  7. 7.
    Is a dog a vertebrate or an invertebrate?
    • a) vertebrate
    • b) invertebrate
  8. 8.
    True or false: a fish is a vertebrate because it has a backbone.
  9. 9.
    Animals that have no backbone are called ___.
  10. 10.
    Scientists sort living things into groups by looking at their ___.
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