Vertebrate Characteristics
Vertebrates have a skeleton inside them. They have a __________ in their skeleton that invertebrates do not have.
Backbone
Name all vertebrate groups?
Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
What category of invertebrates to annelids belong to.
Segmented Worms
What does "arthropod" mean?
Jointed feet
Which category has a backbone?
Vertebrates
What group has a beak and feathers?
Birds
What does viviparous mean?
Animals grow inside the mother and are born alive.
What group do insects and spiders belong to?
Arthropods
What does oviparous mean?
Animals are born from eggs.
Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates?
Invertebrates
What group has scales and fins and lives in the water?
Fish
Give three examples of mammals.
Humans, dogs, wolves, horse, dopiness, platypus, etc.
What is an example of an invertebrate that lives in water?
jellyfish, starfish, clam, octopus, oyster, squid
What kind of symmetry do arthropods have?
Bilateral
Which category and group do humans belong to?
Vertebrates -- mammals
What group has hair or fur and feeds their young milk?
Mammals
Give an example of an amphibian and a reptile.
Amphibian - toad, frog, salamander
Reptile - lizard, snake, turtle
What kind of symmetry doe mollusks have?
Bilateral or radial
Name all the categories of invertebrates.
Mollusks, Sponges, Arthropods, Worms, Echinoderms
All animals in this category are oviparous.
Invertebrates
What are the three different ways of breathing for vertebrates (mammals, fish, amphibians)
lungs, gills, skin
We can classify vertebrates into 5 groups. What are the 5 groups?
Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals
What does oviparous mean?
An egg laying organism/born from eggs.
How do sponges get their food?
By pulling water through and ingesting small particles in the water
What is the name of a mammal that can lay eggz?
Monotremes