Classes of Vertabrates
What are the five classes of vertebrates?
mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, birds
What is taxonomy?
Classification of living things
What characteristics do all invertebrates share?
None of them have a backbone and they are all cold blooded
What characteristic do all vertebrates share?
They all have a backbone
What are all of Santa's names?
Santa Claus, Father Christmas, Saint Nick, Kris Kringle
What characteristics do mammals have?
Hair, Live Babies, Produce Milk, Warm Blooded, Endotherms
What characteristic is used to classify a mammal as a monotreme, marsupial, or placental mammal?
The way in which its young develop
What are some examles of invertebrates?
Earthworm, Mollusk, Jellyfish
Which vertebrates are ectothermic?
Fish, Amphibians, and Reptiles
What are Santa's reindeer named?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
What are the characteristics of birds?
Have feathers, eggs ahve hard shells, endotherms
What does classify mean?
To sort into groups
What class is a starfish in?
Echinodermata
Which vertebrates are endothermic?
Mammals, and birds
What is the national fruit of December?
A pear
Which one is not a vertebrate? Snake, Fish, Earthworm, Duck Billed Platypus, or turtle?
Earthworm
What stands for the hierarchy?
Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup
What are all of the classes of invertebrates?
Mollusca, Annelida, Cnidaria, Anthropoda, Porifera, Nematoda, Echinodermata, Platyhelminthes
What is the process in which amphibians develop legs and lungs for adult life?
Metamorphosis
How long does it take for Christmas trees to grow before they can be sold?
15 Years
what are the characteristics of Reptiles?
Dry scales, ectotherm, eggs, have hard shell
What is the correct order of Hierarchy?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
True or False...All invertebrates are ectothermic.
True
What are the 3 major groups of Reptiles?
Lizards and Snakes, Alligators and Crocodiles, and Turtles
What words did Christmas come from?
Christes Maesse, meaning "Mass of Christ"