Vertebrates/
Invertebrates
Invertebrates
These animals do not have a backbone.
What are invertebrates?
The thick fur of a polar bear helps it survive here.
What is a cold or Arctic habitat?
When birds fly south for the winter, it’s called this.
What is migration?
This habitat is hot, and get lots of rainfall.
What is the rainforest?
The surroundings in where an animal lives.
What is habitat?
All vertebrates share this feature that protects their spinal cord.
What is a backbone?
The dark spots on a leopard’s fur help it hide while hunting. What is this adaptation called?
What is camouflage?
When an animal sleeps through the winter, it’s called this.
What is hibernation?
Animals in this habitat often have waterproof feathers and thick fur or feathers.
What is arctic tundra?
A change in an animal that helps it survive.
What is an adaptation?
Frogs, snakes, and lizards belong to this vertebrate group.
What are amphibians or reptiles?
A turtle’s hard shell is used for this.
What is protection from predators?
A beaver building a dam is an example of this type of behavior
What is a learned behavior?
A camel’s hump and ability to close its nostrils help it survive here.
What is the desert?
A behavior an animal is born knowing how to do.
What is an instinct?
Fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians are all examples of this.
What are classes of vertebrates?
Arctic foxes turn white in winter and brown in summer. Why does this physical change help them?
It helps them blend in with their surroundings for protection.
A baby sea turtle heading straight for the ocean after hatching is an example of this.
What is an instinct?
This habitat has few trees, wide open space, and animals like lions, elephants, and zebras.
What is the grassland or savanna?
The way an animal acts or what it does.
What is behavior?
Invertebrates like insects and crabs have this kind of outer covering instead of bones.
What is an exoskeleton?
Some birds have long, thin beaks, while others have short, strong ones. What does that tell us about them?
Their beak shapes are adapted to the type of food they eat.
Monarch butterflies travel thousands of miles to warmer places every year. Why is this migration important?
It helps them survive when their home gets too cold or lacks food.
Animals here often have thick fur in winter but shed it in summer. This habitat changes temperature throughout the year.
What is a temperate forest?
These animals’ body temperature changes with their surroundings.
What is cold-blooded?