Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Nutrition

100

What kind of consumer only eats plants?

Herbivores

200

Vertebrates that only eat meat are called __________.

Carnivores

300

These vertebrates eat both plants and animals.

Omnivores

400

Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are types of ______.

Consumers

500

These types of herbivores eat in a special way that allows them to chew grass, swallow, digest in their digestive system and return the grass to the mouth to chew again.

Ruminants

Respiration

100

All animals need to take in _________.

Oxygen

200

All animals expel the waste ________ __________.

Carbon Dioxide

300

Mammals, birds, and reptiles use these to breathe.

Lungs

400

Fish can breathe by taking water in through their mouth and out through their ______.

Gills

500

Explain how amphibians breathe when they are young and how it changes when they are adults. Example: frogs

Young frogs, tadpoles, take in oxygen through their gills. Adult frogs lose their gills and develop lungs. They can also absorb oxygen and expel carbon dioxide through their moist skin.

Reproduction

100

Mammals give birth to live offspring. They are ______.

Viviparous

200

Frogs and fish lay eggs underwater. Reptiles and birds lay eggs on land. They are all ______.

Oviparous

300

Female animals produce ovas which are also called _________.

Eggs

400

Males create this and it fertilizes the females eggs.

Sperm

500

Some fish, reptiles, and amphibians produce eggs that hatch inside the mother. They give birth to live offspring. These unique reproducers are ________.

Ovovivparous

Vertebrates

100

Name one species of amphibians.

Example: frog, newt, gecko

200

Name two species of reptiles.

Example: snake, lizard, crocodile

300

Name three species of fish.

Example: tilapia, clownfish, shark

400

Name four species of mammals.

Example: dog, cat, horse, dolphin

500

Name five species of birds.

Example: parrot, eagle, sparrow

Invertebrates

100

Annelids have long, soft bodies and moist skin. Give an example from this group.

Example: leeches, earthworms, worms

200

Cnidarians have a jelly-like body and many venomous tentacles. What is an species of this group?

Example: Jellyfish, sea anemone

300

What two groups of invertebrates are SpongeBob SquarePants and his best friend Patrick?

Sponges and Echinoderms

400

Name all subgroups in the group Mollusc and an example of each.

Gastropod: snails; Bivalves: clams; Cephalopod: squid

500

Name all subgroups of Arthropods and an example of each.

Crustaceans: crabs; Myriapods: centipedes; Arachnids: spiders; Insects: butterflies