Classification
What is the largest classification group?
Kingdom
Why do reptiles not need to eat very often?
Because they are cold-blooded; they can go weeks, months, or even years without eating
What does it mean that amphibians have "two lives"?
They start their life in the water and end their life on land.
How is a bird's skeletal system different from a human's?
Hollow bones
What organ do fish have that allows them to breathe underwater?
Gills
What does the phylum "chordata" mean?
The animals have a backbone.
Snakes use what to smell?
Their tongues
Why do amphibians have to live near the water?
To keep their skin moist, because they lay eggs in water
What are birds *missing* from their digestive system that humans have?"
Teeth- they have beaks instead
Most fish are covered in what?
Scales
Show me vertical lines with your arms
Up and down
Most reptiles are covered in what?
Scales
What makes amphibians different from all other animals?
They go through metamorphosis
What is the special organ that birds have to grind up their food?
Gizzard
They breath air, have lungs, have live young...etc.
What is the science of classification called? (Hint: It starts with a T)
Taxonomy
"Proud as a peacock, busy as a _____"
Bee
What organ do amphibians grow to live on land?
Lungs!
Birds are covered in what?
Feathers
Show me horizontal lines with your arms
Side to side
Who is the scientist that is considered the "Father of Classification"?
Carl Linneus
What are the four major groups of reptiles?
Snakes, Lizards, Turtles, Crocodiles
What is the early stage of a frog called?
Tadpole/Pollywog
Warm-blooded
cold-blooded