Vertebrates
An animal with a backbone
What is a vertebrate?
The meaning of the word "amphibian".
What is double life?
Name one of the three adaptations reptiles have for conserving water.
What are eggs, skin, and kidneys?
Name at least one of the three functions of an endoskeleton
What are support, protects, gives shape, and give muscles a place to attach to
Name a structure used by fish to get oxygen from the water.
What are gills?
An amphibian that keeps its tail throughout its life.
What is a salamander?
The larva of a frog or toad
What is a tadpole?
Name three groups of ectotherms
What are fish, amphibians, and reptiles?
Name a structure that helps a fish stabilize at different depths in water.
What is a swim bladder?
Name an adaptation that amphibians have for moving on land.
What are Strong skeletons and muscular limbs
The snake's jaw can spread wide apart for this purpose.
What is it allows a snake to eat large prey?
An organ used by an air-breathing vertebrate when living on land.
What is a lung?
Small bones that line up in a row to form a backbone
What is a vertebra?
Name at least one of the three main groups of fish.
Jawless, cartilaginous, and bony
A specific environment in which an animal lives
What is a habitat?
These reptiles care for their young.
What are alligators and crocodiles?
What is an ectotherm?
Name at least one example of a cartilaginous fish.
What are sharks, rays and skates?
A group of ectothermic vertebrate that spends early life in water and later life on land
What are amphibians?
A group of ectothermic vertebrate that has lungs and scaly skin.
What is a reptile?