Animal Classification

Animals are divided into two main groups. What are they?

• cold-blooded and warm-blooded

• vertebrates and invertebrates

• mammals and amphibians

• birds and fish

The larger of the two groups is . . .

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

One characteristic of all vertebrates is . . .

• they are warm-blooded

• they are cold-blooded

• they have a backbone

• they do NOT have a backbone

One characteristic of all invertebrates is . . .

• they are warm-blooded

• they are cold-blooded

• they have a backbone

• they do NOT have a backbone

Examples of vertebrates include: (check all that apply)

• cheetahs

• worms

• jellyfish

• piranhas

• salamanders

5 groups of vertebrates . . .

• lizards, salamanders, snakes, humans, sharks

• german shepherds, golden retrievers, dalmations, bulldogs, corgis

• blue,orange, yellow, green, purple

• mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians

What is an exoskeleton?

• skeleton INside the body

• skeleton OUTside the body

True or False: A whale is a fish

• True

• False

True or False: A lizard is an amphibian

• True

• False

True or False: A cheetah is a mammal

• True

• False