Vocabulary
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Classification Clues
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100
animals without a backbone
What are invertebrates?
100
This term describes vertebrates that have the ability to constantly regulate their internal body temperature.
What is warm-blooded?
100

The main characteristic that makes it different from a vertebrate.

It does not have a backbone

100
Clue 1: wet scales Clue 2: breathe with gills Clue 3: swim
What are fish?
100

This is a bird that lays the largest egg?

What is an ostrich?

200

This gives the ability for water animals to breathe

What are gills?

200
The term vertebrate refers to the presence of this in an animal.
What is a backbone?
200

Starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers belong to this group.

What are invertabrates ?

200
Clue 1: complex brains (nervous system) Clue 2: have fur or hair Clue 3: feed young with milk
What are mammals?
200

This vertebrate lays jelly coated eggs in water.

What is an amphibian?

300

This term describes something only a bird has that helps it eat and survive

What is a beak?

300

Vertebrates include mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and this other set of animals that have a tough outer skin.

What are reptiles?

300

This type of invertebrate sounds like it should belong to the fish"vertebrate" group , but it does not.

What is a jellyfish?

300
Clue 1: lay eggs Clue 2: warm blooded Clue 3: hollow bones
What are birds?
300

Reptiles lay what type of eggs?

leathery shelled

400

This term describes vertebrates with smooth, moist skin who start their life in the water but eventually live on land.

What are amphibians?

400

An animal that can not maintain a constant temperature is....

What is cold -blooded?

400

This type of soft-bodied invertebrate that helps the soil

What is a worm?

400

Clue 1:dry scales Clue 2: live on land Clue 3: most give birth to love young

What are reptiles?

400

What type of eaters are amphibians?

carnivores

500

This term describes the only animal group that provides milk to their young.

What are mammals?

500

This type of mammal is unique because it lives full time in the water.

What is a dolphin or a whale?

500

Which one is not an invertebrate? Mollusk, flatworm, amphibian, and sponges.

What is an amphibian?

500
Clue 1: vertebrate Clue 2: lay eggs in moist places Clue 3: salamanders and newts, for example
What are amphibians?
500

Mrs. Pierosh's favorite mammal?

Giraffe