Vertebrates Study Guide

What makes vertebrates

different from invertebrates?

• Only invertebrates can

  live on land, in water,

  or in the air.

• Only vertebrates have a

  skeleton, which includes

  a spine.

• Vertebrates are living

  things, but invertebrates

  are nonliving things.

• Vertebrates include all

  animals, and invertebrates

  include all plants.

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All vertebrates are animals.

• True

• False

Which of these terms

describes a place where

bones meet?

• cartilage

• skeleton

• joint

• bone marrow

Select the three choices that ARE vertebrates.

• fish

• amphibian

• reptile

• insect

Most mammals are ________________- blooded.

Which three characteristics are TRUE about birds?

• They have no teeth.

• They lay eggs that have hard shells.

• They are considered an insect.

• They usually have hollow bones.

Which group of animals

is cold-blooded; has dry, scaly

skin; and usually lays eggs?

• fish

• birds

• reptiles

• amphibians

Butterfly is related to land

and air in the same way

that amphibian is related

to ______________________.

• water

• air and water

• land

• land and water

What TWO animals are MAMMALS?

• turtle

• racoon

• toad

• deer

Which TWO animals are REPTILES?

• snake

• turtle

• crow

• shark