Animals

groups

100

This group of animals includes frogs, newts, toads, and salamanders.

amphibians

200

This group of animals includes spiders, scorpions, mites, and ticks.

arachnids

300

This group of animals includes snails and slugs

gastropods

400

This group of animals makes up 97% of the animal kingdom.

invertebrates

500

This group of animals includes starfish, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, and sand dollars.

echinoderms

Under the sea!

100

Lobsters, shrimp and crabs all belong to this group meaning "hard-shelled ones."

crustaceans

200

They 'bark' and have flippers. Name the group!

pinnipeds

300

These aquatic mollusks are enclosed within a hinged shell.

bivalves

400

This fish is actually closely related to reptiles and mammals.

Coelacanth

500

These tiny animals float near the surface of the ocean and are a great source of food for aquatic animals.

zooplankton

On Land

100

From humans to lemurs, this group comprise the most intelligent animals.

Primates

200

These animals have hooves and are only found on land (or sometimes rivers).

Ungulates

300

 ________ mammals carry their young in the uterus.

Placental

400

This brightly colored bird is only found in the "New World."

Macaw

500

This group of animals has eight legs and are found exclusively on land.

arachnids

Greek and Latin Roots

100

Stomach-Foot

Gastropod

200

Hoofed Ones

Ungulate

300

Hard-shelled ones

Crustacean

400

Oar-feet

Copepod

500

Cut in two

diatom

Micro-organisms

100

Moves about by extending finger-like projections of protoplasm.

Amoeba

200

These tiny crustaceans move around like a rowboat

Copepod

300

Single cell organisms can also be called this because they have no backbone.

invertebrates

400

These micro-organisms are known in Greek as "wandering animals"

zooplankton

500

These tiny organisms number in the trillions and create help create oxygen.

Diatoms