Vertebrates and Invertebrates

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

• Mammals
• Birds
• Arthropods
• Reptiles

What is an invertebrate?

• An animal with a backbone
• a mammal
• An animal without a backbone
• birds

The only group of animals that begin their lives breathing through gills in the water and as adults can live on land breathing with lungs

• amphibians
• arthropods
• mammals
• fish

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

• Vertebrates are always smaller than invertebrates.
• Invertebrates always live in the water.
• Vertebrates have a backbone but invertebrates do not.
• Vertebrates and invertebrates are the same.

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Vertebrates and invertebrates are groups in the ___ Kingdom.

• Animal

• Plant

• Fungi

• Protist

• Monera

T/F ALL arthropods are invertebrates that live in the ocean.

• True

• False

What does it mean to classify animals?

• to capture it for scientific research 
• to put into a group with other animals that are similar
• to release it into the wild
• to study it in its natural environment

Most animals that have been discovered on earth are invertebrates. Choose the groups of animals below that are invertebrates.

• Arthropods

• Marsupials

• Sponges

• Reptiles

• Echinoderms

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Vertebrates are more complex than sponges...

• ... because they are bigger.

• ... because they have cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems that are organized to work together.

• ... because they are made of cells.

• ... because they live longer.

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Which group does it belong to?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate