The Animal Kingdom
This is the word for an animal with a backbone.
Vertebrate
This group of animals is warm-blooded and lays eggs.
Birds
All mammals have this type of body covering.
Fur or hair
These help us see an example of what we are reading about with an added description or detail written underneath.
Photos and captions
This means to put things into groups or categories.
Classify
This word means maintaining a constant body temperature.
Warm-blooded
This group of animals begins life in water, then stays on land.
Amphibians
Fish use these to swim.
Fins and tails
This part of a book shows us page numbers and titles for each section or chapter that is featured.
Table of contents
All animals need to this to breathe.
Oxygen
This is the word for an animal without a backbone.
Invertebrate
These cold-blooded animals have thick, scaly skin.
Reptiles
These types of animals eat only meat.
Carnivores
These are important key vocabulary terms in the chapter.
Bold print words
Frogs' eggs hatch into these.
Tadpoles
To rest or sleep for a long period of time.
Hibernate
These animals give birth to live babies and produce milk for them.
Mammals
Birds have this kind of body covering.
Feathers
This part of a book tells us the definitions of bold-print words.
Glossary
Some frogs and snakes secrete a toxin which makes them ____________.
Poisonous or venomous
This means to be more active at night.
Nocturnal
These animals are aquatic, and have gills to breathe.
Fish
Animals who do not have the normal characteristics of their group are called this.
Pattern-breakers
This gives us an idea of what a chapter or paragraph will be about. It can also sometimes be thought of as the "title".
Heading
True or false: All birds are invertebrates.
False