Vertebrate Characteristics
Vertebrates have a skeleton inside them. They have a __________ in their skeleton that invertebrates do not have.
Backbone / endoskeleton
What is an example of one vertebrate group?
Fish, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, Mammals
What is an example of one invertebrate group?
Molluscs, Arthropods, Annelids, Cnidaria, Porifera, Echinoderms
Annelida means
Segmented worms
What group has a beak and feathers?
Birds
Vertebrates that have hollow bones and beaks
birds
What group do insects and spiders belong to?
Arthropods
What does Porifera mean?
Body full of pores.
Are there more vertebrates or invertebrates?
Invertebrates
What group has scales and fins and lives in the water?
Fish
Give three examples of mammals.
Humans, dogs, wolves, horse, dopiness, platypus, etc.
What is an example of an invertebrate that lives in water?
jellyfish, starfish, clam, octopus, oyster, squid
Where do molluscs live? What is one example?
In the sea, ocean. Octopus, squid, clam, oyster, etc.
Parasitic group of worms that can be found in pork and kids
Nematoda/ Round worms
What group has hair or fur and feeds their young milk?
Mammals
Give an example of an amphibian and a reptile.
Amphibian - toad, frog, salamander
Reptile - lizard, snake, turtle
What group has a bag shaped body and poisonous tentacles?
Cnidarians
We can classify invertebrates into 6 main groups: _________, arthropods, annelids, echinoderms, porifera, and mollusk.
Cnidarians
Group that uses sense organs like antennaes
Arthropods
What are the three different ways of breathing for vertebrates (mammals, fish, amphibians)
lungs, gills, skin
We can classify vertebrates into 5 groups. What are the 5 groups?
Fish, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals
Snails have a _______ or a hard outer part to protect their bodies.
Shell / Mantle
How do sponges get their food?
They have pores where water comes in and out and absorbs the nutrients.
Function of the stinging cells in Cnidarians
To protect themselves and get their prey for eating.