Vertebrate Characteristics
Vertebrates have a skeleton inside them. They have a __________ in their skeleton that invertebrates do not have.
Backbone
What is an example of one vertebrate group?
Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
What is an example of one invertebrate group?
Molluscs, Arthropods, Annelids, Cnidaria, Porifera, Echinoderms
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
Where do molluscs live? What is one example?
In the sea, ocean. Octopus, squid, clam, oyster, etc.
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 group has a bag shaped body and poisonous tentacles?
Cnidaria
We can classify invertebrates into 6 main groups: _________, arthropods, annelids, echinoderms, porifera, and molluscs.
Cnidaria
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
Snails have a _______ or a hard outer part to protect their bodies.
Shell
How do sponges get their food?
They have pores
There are ___ groups of invertebrates and ___ groups of vertebrates.
6 groups of invertebrates, 5 groups of vertebrates