We breathe using slits that absord oxygen from water. Who are we?
Fish
🐄 Cows are herbivores. What do they mainly eat?
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A) Meat
B) Plants
C) Fish
Plants
What is an invertebrate?
A. An animal with lungs
B. An animal without a backbone
C. An animal with four legs
D. An animal with a skull
An animal without a backbone
Which group includes frogs and salamanders?
A. Fish
B. Amphibians
C. Birds
D. Mammals
B. Amphibians

Which animal can take oxygen through its skin?
A) Frog
B) Snake
C) Cow
Frog
What is the main function of the digestive system?
A. Break down food and absorb nutrients
B. Take oxygen into the lungs
C. Control movement
D. Pump blood
Break down food and absord nutrients
About what percentage of all animal species are invertebrates?
A. About 10%
B. About 30%
C. About 70%
D. About 98%
98%
What is special about the respiratory system of birds?
A. Air can move through the lungs in one direction
B. Birds breathe through their feathers
C. Birds have no lungs
D. Birds use gills
A. Air can move through the lungs in one direction
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What muscle helps mammals breathe by moving up and down?
A) Heart
B) Diaphragm
C) Tongue
Diaphragm
What is the main job of the large intestine?
A. To absorb water from the remaining material
B. To absorb most oxygen
C. To make teeth
D. To pump blood
A. To absorb water from the remaining material
Which are the five main groups of vertebrates?
A. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
B. Fish, insects, reptiles, birds and worms
C. Mammals, insects, birds, spiders and fish
D. Amphibians, worms, birds, fish and insects
Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals
Why do mammals need a digestive system?
A. To break food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed and used by cells.
B. To convert oxygen into carbon dioxide.
C. To pump nutrients around the body.
D. To produce red blood cells.
To break food into smaller molecules that can be absorbed and used by cells.

What is the main advantage of one-way air flow in birds?
A. Faster digestion
B. Efficient gas exchange
C. Better hearing
D. Stronger bones
Efficient gas exchange
Why do many herbivores have long digestive tracts?
A. Plant food can be difficult to digest.
B. They need to breathe through the intestine.
C. They need more oxygen than birds.
D. They cannot absorb water.
Plant food can be difficult to disgest.
Which major group of animals marks the transition of vertebrates from water to land by being the earliest true four-limbed land vertebrates
Amphibians
Match system or organ to job.
Small intestine →
Respiratory system →
Large intestine →
Teeth →
Lungs & Alveoli →
absorbs most nutrients / oxygen in, carbon dioxide out / gas exchange / break food into smaller pieces / absorbs water
🍎 Small intestine → absorbs most nutrients
💧 Large intestine → absorbs water
🦷 Teeth → break food into smaller pieces
🫁 Lungs & Alveoli → gas exchange
💨 Respiratory system → oxygen in, carbon dioxide out
What do bird air sacs help to do?
Store and move air through the respiratory system
What is this digestive system organ?
Small intestine
Match Vertebrate Group to Respiratory System
🐟 Fish
🐸 Amphibians
🦎 Reptiles
🦅 Birds
🐶 Mammals
gills / lungs and ribcage/ lungs and diaphragm / lungs, air sac and one-way airflow / lungs and skin
🐟 Fish → gills
🐸 Amphibians → lungs + skin
🦎 Reptiles → lungs + ribcage
🦅 Birds → lungs + air sacs; one-way airflow
🐶 Mammals → lungs + diaphragm
Why is the small intestine well adapted for nutrient absorption?
A. It has many villi that create a large surface area
B. It has thick walls with no blood supply.
C. It contains large bones.
D. It stores food for several days.
It has many villi that create a large surface area
