Animal Classification

A living thing that can move

• animal

• desk

• book

• chair

Any vertebrate, having the body more or less covered with hair that nourishes their young with milk

• mammals

• birds

• reptiles

• frogs

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An animal with a backbone

• invertebrate

• snail

• crab

• vertebrate

Does not have a backbone

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

• mammals

• fish

A cold-blooded vertebrate with gills that lives in water

• fish

• bird

• mammals

• reptiles

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An invertebrate, like an insect

• arthropod

• fish

• mammals

• birds

A cold-blooded vertebrate that lives in both water and land, like a frog

• insect

• fish

• reptile

• amphibian

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Put something in a group or like items

• classify

• facts

• humans

• animal

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A cold-blooded animal without a backbone that has a segmented body and six or more legs

• arthropod

• reptile

• mammals

• bird

-------------------------make up about 95of the animal species on Earth. Invertebrates do not have a backbone. Often they will have a protective shell or a hard, outer covering, called an exoskeletonthat provides support and protection. Arthropods, worms, and coral are all examples of invertebrates.

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

• fish

• mammals