Vertebrates
What is a vertebrate?
An animal that has a backbone
What do animals adapt to?
They adapt to their environment.
Give an example of an animal.
What are the 5 ways scientists classify living things?
Animals, plants, fungi, protists, monera (bacteria)
What is an invertebrate?
An animal that does not have a backbone.
Name three examples of vertebrates
What are the two ways that animals adapt to their environment?
Behavioral and Structural.
Name four kinds of plants.
Example: Tree, bush, flowers, grass.
What happens to bread when it is wet?
It gets moldy
Name three examples of an invertebrate.
Examples: worms, crabs, jellyfish.
What has "Fish" in their name but is not a fish?
Jellyfish, starfish, crayfish...
What is a plant?
A living thing that grows out of the ground, makes food through photosynthesis.
Name one reason why scientists classify living things.
Identify and study them easily, understand their relationship between living things, and predict characteristics of living things.
What kind of skeleton does an invertebrate have?
An exoskeleton.
Name all 5 categories of vertebrates.
Mammals, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and fish.
A polar bear lives in a cold climate and an elephant lives in a warm climate. Because of this, they have adapted to their surroundings so they can survive in the habitat they live in.
Give two examples of fungi.
Examples: mold, yeast, mushrooms.
Fish!
Name all 6 categories of invertebrates.
Arthropods, echinoderms, cnidarians, molluscs, sponges, worms
What kind of skeleton do vertebrates have?
An Endoskeleton
A fish has gills and fins. Explain why they cannot survive on land.
Because they have gills and do not have lungs to breathe air they will not survive long. They also do not have legs to run away from predators. Because of these things, a fish will not live very long on land.
Which kingdom does yeast belong to?
Mold
What happens to bread if you leave it out to dry?
It takes a longer time to mold than a wet piece of bread.
What kind of animal is a cnidarian? Name one.
Jellyfish, sea anemone, corals, hydras, etc.