Vocab
Backbone
No Backbone
What am I?
Extra
100

An animal with a backbone

What is vertebrate

100

A sea animal that is a vertebrate

What is:

dolphin, turtle, fish

100

The reason a jellyfish is classified as an invertebrate

What is it does not have a backbone

100

I am an invertebrate with jointed legs.

I am an Arthropod

100

An insect has ___________ legs

what is 6 legs

200

An animal without a backbone

What is an invertebrate

200

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

200

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

200

I have 3 main body segments.

I have 2 antennae.

I have 6 legs.

I am an insect.

200

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

300

An arthropod who has jointed legs

What is an insect

300

An adult toad uses lungs to breathe. Which animal breathes differently:


A. bear

B. crocodile

C. parrotfish

What is 

C. parrotfish -uses gills

300

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

300

I start my life in the water then move to land as I grow.

I am an amphibian.

300

How many legs does a scorpion have?

What is 8

400

An animal with fur

What is a mammal

400

A mountain lion is a mammal. What other vertebrates are mammals:


A. lizard

B. Kangaroo rat

C. owl

D. butterfly

What is 


B. Kangaroo rat

400

Which of these is an arthropod?

A. lobster

B. snail

C. slug

D. squid

What is

 A. lobster

400

I have scales and lungs to breathe.

I am a reptile.

400

Invertebrates 

give live birth or lay eggs

what is lay eggs

500

Animals that are invertebrates, have segmented bodies, jointed legs and lay eggs

What are arthropods

500

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

500

Why is an ant considered an arthropod?

What is: It has segmented body parts, two antennae, 6 legs

500

I have gills.

I am a vertebrate.

I spend my whole life in water.

I am a fish.

500

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