Animal Classification

____________ usually have hair or fur, have live babies and feed them milk.

• birds

• reptiles

• mammals

• insects

_________________ have moist smooth skin and lay eggs in the water. The begin life with gills and develop lungs as adults

• amphibians

• mammals

• reptiles

• birds

____________________ have dry skin covered in scales and lungs to breathe.

• fish

• birds

• mammals

• reptiles

__________________ are covered with feathers, lay eggs, are warm blooded and fly.

• bats

• birds

• amphibians

• insects

______________ breathe with gills, have fins, live in the water and lays eggs.

• fish

• reptiles

• birds

• mammals

Birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and mammals are alike because _______________.

• they are all warm blooded 
• they are all cold blooded 
• they are all covered in fur
• they all have a backbone

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_______________ have an exoskeleton and no backbone.

• birds

• mammals

• insects

• fish

How is an insect different from all other animal groups?

• they have wings

• they eat grass

• they do not have a backbone

• they lay eggs

An animal with a backbone is a(n)

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• mammal

• amphibian

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An animal without a backbone is a(n)

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• fish

• insect