Vertebrates

What is the scientific word for putting things into groups in an organized way? 

• sorting
• grouping
• classifying 
• shuffling 

What do we call animals with backbones? 

• vertebrates
• invertebrates
• mammals
• insects

What do we call animals withOUT a backbone? 

• insects
• reptiles
• vertebrates
• invertebrates

Why do scientists classify animals? 

• The animal kingdom is too small.
• To make more work for themselves.
• The animal kingdom is too big.
• To make it more confusing.  

What are the five groups of vertebrates?  

• mammals, bugs, spiders, fish, and birds
• mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians
• snakes, turtles, frogs, bugs, birds
• worms, insects, spiders, jellyfish, sponges

What is the scientific word for cold-blooded? 

• endotherm
• ectotherm
• thermal
• coldtherm

What is the scientific word for warm-blooded? 

• warmtherm
• ectotherm
• thermal
• endotherm

I have hair or fur, give birth to live young, feed my babies milk, breathe with lungs and am endothermic (warm-blooded). What am I?

• fish
• reptile
• bird
• mammal

I breathe with gills, lay eggs, live my whole life in water, and am ectothermic (cold-blooded). What am I?

• birds
• fish
• mammals
• amphibians 

I breathe with lungs, lay eggs, and am endothermic (warm-blooded).  What am I?  

• birds
• fish
• mammals
• amphibians