Life Cycles
When animals change their form growing from babies to adults
What is metamorphosis?
I have scales all over my body. I use gills to breath underwater, which is where I live my entire life.
What is a fish?
A group of animals that have a backbone.
What is a vertebrate?
Most of these babies start their lives in water.
What is an amphibian?
A whale is an example of this.
What is a mammal?
Two animals that go through metamorphosis.
What is a frog and a butterfly?
I start my life in an egg. When I hatch from the egg I have dry skin that has scales. I am cold-blooded.
What is a reptile?
I am an animal that has no backbone.
What are invertebrates?
They have smooth, moist skin.
What are amphibians?
TRUE OR FALSE: a jellyfish is a fish.
FALSE
All groups of animals live in this before they are born, except for mammals
What is an egg?
During my life cycle, my gills change into lungs so that I am able to live on land.
What is an amphibian?
It lays millions of tiny, soft eggs.
What are fish?
These animals could have lungs or gills.
What are amphibians?
A shark is an example of this.
What is a fish?
The place where mammals live before they are born
What is in their mother's body?
I have webbed feet.
What is an amphibian?
When it is cold outside my body "freezes" then when the sun comes out I "wake up". I can't control the temperature of my body.
What is cold-blooded?
A salamander is an example of this.
What is an amphibian?
A dolphin is an example of this.
What is a mammal?
This type of animal is born in an egg that is hard and leathery on the outside.
What is a reptile?
I am born alive and need my mother when I am young. I also have hair or fur covering my body.
What is a mammal?
Animals whose body temperature stays the same whether it is hot or cold outside.
What are warm-blooded animals?
These animals have a body covered in scales.
What is a reptile?
What do mammals have that fish do not?
What are lungs, hair/fur, and being warm-blooded?