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Fish
True or False: The habitats fish live in are aquatic.
True
Why do adult toads go back to wetlands every spring?
To lay eggs
How many kingdoms are there?
5
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Chart
True or False: Insects are vertebrates
False
Are fish warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Cold-blooded
What type of climate do tree frogs prefer?
A warm and wet climate.
Within the animal kingdom, scientists do this, using characteristics that they share with other animals.
Classify or sort
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Glossary
This is the vertebrate group that humans belong to.
Mammals
True or False: Fish make up the largest vertebrate group on earth.
True
What does the word "Amphibian" mean?
Living two lives
About how many animals have not yet been classified?
10 MILLION other animals!
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Photo and Captions
This is another name for your vertebrae.
Spine or backbone
What do fish use to breathe oxygen in water?
Gills
This is the larva that hatches from the egg of an adult female frog.
Name something that warm-blooded animals do to cool off when they are hot?
sweat, pant, drink water, go in cool water.
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Diagram
What is the large bundle of nerves that sends messages from your brain to every part of your body, that your vertebrae protectcts?
Spinal cord
Scales
Amphibians go through a transformation called _____.
Metamorphosis
This means that poison seeps out from its skin.
secrete