Vocab
An animal with a backbone
What is vertebrate
A sea animal that is a vertebrate
What is:
dolphin, turtle, fish
The reason a jellyfish is classified as an invertebrate
What is it does not have a backbone
If you see a plant that has petals, what can you easily infer
What is it is a flowering plant
An insect has ___________ legs
what is 6 legs
An animal without a backbone
What is an invertebrate
Which of these animals are the same type of vertebrate:
penguin, newt, alligator, dog, seal, trout
What is
Dog and Seal because they are both mammals
Which two invertebrates belong in the same group:
A.jellyfish and spider
B. ant and snail
C. beetle and walking stick
What is
C. beetle and walking stick
When you find a pine cone on the playground what can you conclude about the type of plant produced in the cone
A. it's a fern
B. it's a moss
C. it's a flowering plant
D. it's a non-flowering plant
What is
D. it's a non-flowering plant
My backyard has a conifer tree and an apple tree. They are in two different plant groups, why?
The conifer tree belongs with non-flowering plants that make seeds in cones
The apple tree is a flowering plant that makes seeds from flowers
An arthropod who has jointed legs
What is an insect
A. bear
B. crocodile
C. parrotfish
What is
C. parrotfish -uses gills
Which of the following is an arthropod:
A. cracker horse
B. mockingbird
C. largemouth bass
D. zebra longwing butterfly
What is
D. zebra longwing butterfly
Name two plants that produce spores
What are:
moss and ferns
How many legs does a scorpion have?
What is 8
An animal with fur
What is a mammal
A. lizard
B. Kangaroo rat
C. owl
D. butterfly
What is
B. Kangaroo rat
Which of these is an arthropod?
A. lobster
B. snail
C. slug
D. squid
What is
A. lobster
What do sequoias, maple trees and lily flowers have in common?
What is they all produce seeds
Invertebrates
give live birth or lay eggs
what is lay eggs
Animals that are invertebrates, have segmented bodies, jointed legs and lay eggs
What are arthropods
I saw a bluebird, squirrel, fly, inchworm and a spider on my walk to the pool. Which of these are vertebrates? Invertebrates? Why?
V-Squirrel and bluebird because they have a backbone
I-fly, spider and inchworm because they do not have a backbone
Why is an ant considered an arthropod?
What is: It has segmented body parts, two antennae, 6 legs
A conifer a plant that produces cones. Is it a flowering or non-flowering plant?
What is- nonflowering plant. If makes cones it does not flower
what is the main difference between a reptile and an amphibian?
What is: A reptile has scales and lives on land. An amphibian has moist skin and starts life in the the water
Both lay eggs, both are vertebrates