VERTEBRATES
What is a vertebrate animal?
It has a backbone.
Invertabrates have an ______________
external skeleton
Mammals have different types of ________, depending on what they eat.
teeth
What is an oviparous? It's an animal that...
lay eggs
Fish breath using...
gills
Name the groups of vertabrates.
Mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.
Which subgroup of arthopods have long and segmented bodies?
Myriapods
Which three groups can be carnivores, herbivores and omnivores?
Mammals, birds and fish
What is a viviparous? It's an animal that...
gives birth
Reptiles breath with...
lungs
Mammals are covered by...
Hair or fur
Name the process by which insects become adults.
Metamosphosis
Most reptiles are ________. Some of them are ________.
carnivores / omnivores
What is the process by which amphibians go through and change into adults?
Metamosphosis
How do baby amphibians breath with?
Gills
What do reptiles have for protection?
Scales and shells
Name the 6 big groups of invertabrates.
Arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms, annelids, cnidarians and sponges.
Which group of vertabrates use their sticky tongues to eat?
Amphibians
Explain, at least, one way some fish protect their eggs.
Some fish keep their eggs in their mouth.
Other fish put the eggs in holes.
Marine mammals breath throuh a hole called...
blow hole
What is the name of baby amphibians?
Tadpoles
How do cephalopds protect themshelves from pradators?
They produce ink
Which group feeds their offsprings until they can look after themshelves?
Birds
Why do amphibians lay thousand of eggs?
Because predators eat most of them.
Adult amphibians breath with ________ or through _________.
lungs / their skin