What are vertebrates?
Animals with a backbone
What vertebrate group is described?
They normally have four legs and sometimes they have a shell.
Reptiles
What type of vertebrate is described?
They have thick skin and a blow-hole.
Mammals
What vertebrate is described?
They make nests and look after their offspring.
Birds
What vertebrate is described?
The offspring look like adults when they are born.
Reptiles
What are invertebrates?
Animals without a backbone
What vertebrate is described?
They can have a swim bladder, tails and fins.
Fish
What vertebrate is described?
The offspring go through metamorphosis.
Amphibians
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Coral
Cnidarians
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Sea cucumber
Echinoderm
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Clam
Bivalve, Mollusc
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Octopus
Cephalopod, Mollusc
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Jellyfish
Cnidarian
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Millipede
Myriapod, Arthropod
Which type of invertebrate is this animal?
Scorpion
Arachnid, Arthropod
Read the definition and complete the words:
Invertebrates which cannot move.
S
Sponges
Read the definition and complete the words:Arthropods with segmented bodies
M
Millipedes
Read the definition and complete the words:
All animals with no backbone.
I
Invertebrates
Read the definition and complete the words:
Arthropods which can have wings.
I
Insects
Read the definition and complete the words:
Animals which paralyse their prey with tentacles.
C
Cnidarians
True or False (correct if false):
All arthropods have eight legs.
False.
Arthropods have at least six legs but can have many more.
True or False (correct if false):
All cnidarians are aquatic animals.
True
True or False (correct if false):
Echinoderms have external skeletons.
False.
They have soft bodies and hard, internal skeletons.
True or False (correct if false):
Annelids only live on land.
False.
Annelids live on land and in water.
Choose an animal group and explain how they breath and reproduce.
Student decides.