3rd Grade Science Ch. 6.5

__________________ are animals with backbones.

• Invertebrate

• Vertebrate

_______________________ are animals without backbones.

• Invertebrates

• Vertebrates

Vertebrates are able to grow very big because they have strong _______________to support them.

• organs

• bones

• cartilage

• arms

A ________________ has strong bones that allow it to grow so tall.

• pig

• racoon

• gorilla

• giraffe

A _______________ is a feature that is passed on to a living thing from its parents.

• trait

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

A trait can include an animal’s behavior or its physical characteristics.

• physical characteristics

• animal's behavior

• all of the above

_______________________ are animals that do not have bones or stomachs inside their bodies.

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

A ___________________ supports clams and lobsters.

• soft shell

• rubber shell

• hard shell

• smooth shell

An exoskeleton or hard covering on the outside of their bodies support _____________________.

• frogs

• insects

• birds

• mammals

Invertebrates live all over ________________.

• Saturn

• Mars

• the Earth

• the classroom