Vertebrate Classification

There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?

• Mammals
• Birds
• Arthropods
• Reptiles

My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water.  What am I?

• Amphibian
• Reptile
• Bird
• Fish

My body is warm and covered in feathers.  I lay eggs which hatch into chickens.  What am I?

• Reptile
• Amphibian
• Mammal
• Bird

My body is warm, I have fur, feed my young on milk, and have live births.  What am I?

• Reptile
• Bird
• Mammal
• Fish

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

I am covered in dry scales and I lay eggs.  What am I?

• Mammal
• Fish
• Amphibian
• Reptile

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

My body is cold, am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs.  What am I?

• Fish
• Mammal
• Reptile
• Amphibian

Amphibians spend the first part of their lives in the fresh water breathing through gills.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____

• they give birth to live young
• they produce milk
• they breathe through gills
• they are covered with hair

Whats the biggest difference between birds and mammals?

• birds are warm blooded

• mothers take care of their babies

• birds have hollow bones and skulls

• birds are vertebrates

Animals that have a backbone are called...

• Non-vertebrates

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

• Semi-vertebrates