Vertebrate or Invertebrate
Vocabulary Time
What am I?
Picture it!
Riddle me this!
Animal Trivia
100
True or False
A tiger is an invertebrate.
False
100
Fish, reptiles, and amphibians are ____________. Which mean their body temperature depends on their environment.
A. warm blooded
B. cold blooded
B. cold blooded
100
I live underwater.
I am cold blooded.
I lay eggs.
I breathe using gills.
What am I?
Fish
100
What type of vertebrate is a turtle?
Reptile
100
I am orange and black.
I am a carnivore.
I have fur.
I breathe using lungs.
I am a ______________.
Tiger 
100
What is the largest fish in the world?
A. Whale Shark
B. Bluefin Tuna
C. Great White Shark
D. Sunfish
A. Whale Shark
200
List 2 examples of vertebrates.
answers will vary
200
Name the 5 classifications of vertebrates.
Bonus points if they are spelled correctly
reptile, bird, mammal, amphibian, fish
200
I have scales.
I am cold blooded
I lay eggs.
I breathe using lungs
What am I?
Reptile
200
What type of a vertebrate is a lion fish?
Fish
200
I can change colors.
I have scales.
I can climb trees.
I use lungs to breathe.
I am a _____________.
Chameleon 
200
Which bird can achieve the greatest airspeed?
A. Bald Eagle
B. Peregrine Falcon
C. Red Tailed Hawk
D. Osprey
B. Peregrine Falcon
300
Octopus are ____________________.
A. Vertebrate
B. Invertebrate
B. Invertebrate
300
Animals that are _______________ regulate their own body temperatures.
A. warm blooded
B. cold blooded
A. warm blooded
300
I have hair or fur
I have live births
I breathe using lungs
What am I?
Mammal
300
What type of vertebrate is a lion?
Mammal
300
I am orange, black, and white
I just keep swimming
I have scales
I breathe using gills
I am a ____________.
Clown Fish 
300
What is the smallest mammal in the world?
A. Bumblebee Bat
B. Sugar Glider
C. Pygmy Possum
D. Etruscan Shrew
D. Etruscan Shrew
400
True or False
Vertebrates have backbones.
True
400
Why are skeletons important? Name one way they are useful for vertebrates.
structure and support
400
I breathe using gills when I am young
I use lungs as an adult
I lay eggs
I have smooth, moist skin
What am I?
amphibian
400
What type of a vertebrate is a toucan?
Bird
400
I love to hop around.
I started my life with gills.
I can be different colors with smooth skin.
I am poisonous.
I am a ______________.
Poison Dart Frog
400
What is the world's smallest reptile?
A. Tree Frog
B. African Rock Python
C. Brookesia Chameleon
D. Fire Salamander
C. Brookesia Chameleon
500
List 5 examples of invertebrates.
answers will vary
500
Some invertebrates have a hard shell on the outside of their bodies called an ____________ that is used to protect their bodies.
Exoskeleton
500
I have feathers and wings
I have a beak or bill
I use lungs to breath
I am warm blooded
I lay eggs
What am I?
Bird
500
What type of a vertebrate is a salamander?
Amphibian
500
I soar through the sky and dive to catch my prey
I am a symbol for the USA
I have feathers
I am an _______________.
Eagle 
500
The smallest amphibian in the world is called the Paedophryne amauensis. They are about _________ long.
A. a 1/4 of an inch
B. 4 inches
C. a 1/2 of an inch
D. a 1 inch
A. a 1/4 of an inch
