Vertebrates

What are vertebrates?

• Animals with a backbone
• Animals without a backbone

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

• Reptile
• Bird
• Mammal
• Fish

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

• Mammal
• Fish
• Amphibian
• Reptile

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

Which animal can breathe with their lungs and also through their moist skin?

• Amphibians
• Fish
• Reptiles

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

How do fish breathe?

• Through their gills

• Through their skin

• Through their fins

• Through their feathers

Invertebrates are the largest group of animals on Earth.

• True

• False