Basic animal facts
Mammals, Birds, and Fish
Reptiles and Amphibians
Invertebrates
Categorize It!
100
All animals need this to breathe.
What is oxygen.
100
True or False: All birds can fly.
False.
100
This is a type of animal that lays eggs and has dry, scaly skin.
What is a reptile.
100
This is what invertebrates do not have.
What is a backbone.
100
An elephant is in this category.
What is mammal.
200

What do we call animals that lay eggs?

Oviparous

200
This is a type of animal that must stay in the water to survive.
What is a fish.
200
This is an animal with moist skin, that lays eggs, and lives in or near the water.
What is an amphibian.
200
This is how many legs an insect has.
What is 6 legs.
200
A lizard is in this category.
What is reptile.
300
All vertebrates have this.
What is a backbone.
300
This is an animal with hair or fur.
What is a mammal.
300
This is what reptiles breathe with.
What is lungs.
300
This is how many legs a spider or tick has.
What is eight legs.
300

A fly is in this category.

arthropod: insect

400

This is what mammals drink when they are babies

Milk

400
This is the only type of animal that breathes with gills for its entire life.
What is a fish.
400

This is what amphibians breathe with.

What is gills as a baby and lungs as an adult.

400

What are the 6 groups of invertebrates?

Sponges, jellyfish, worms, echinoderms, molluscs and arthropods

400
A clam is in this category.
What is invertebrate (snails, clams, squid).
500
This is two ways an animal in the wild can get water.
What is by drinking it and from their food.
500
This is the only category of animal where most species give live birth.
What is a mammal.
500
All reptiles have short legs and move with their bodies close to the ground.

False

500

What type of invertebrate is an octopus?

A mollusc

500
A frog is in this category.
What is amphibian.
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