Animal Classification

The broadest group of an organism

• Species
• Genus
• Kingdom
• Phylum

Describes animals such as fish and reptiles whose blood temperature changes depending on their surroundings

• Cold-blooded
• Warm-blooded
• Mammals
• Birds

Cold-blooded vertebrates such as snakes, turtles, and lizards distinguished by having dry scaly skin, and typically laying soft-shelled eggs on land.

• Mammals
• Birds
• Reptiles
• Amphibians

An animal with a backbone

• Vertebrate

• Invertebrate

• Butterfly
• Ant

An animal without a backbone

• Vertebrate

• Elephant
• Snake
• Invertebrate

The narrowest group an organism can be classified into

• Species
• Genus
• Family
• Order

Describes animals such as birds and mammals that are able to keep a constant body temperature

• Warm Blooded

• Cold Blooded

• Animals

• Poikilothermic

The process of grouping things based on shared qualities or characteristics

• Classification
• Multiplication
• Subtraction
• Division

a cold-blooded vertebrate animal such as a frog, toad, or newt that is born in water with gills then develops lungs and lives on land as an adult

• Amphibian
• Reptile
• Mammal
• Bird

a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, and a beak and (typically) by being able to fly.

• Bird
• Fish
• Mammal
• Reptile