Vertebrates Review

What is the first question that scientists ask to classify animals?

• Is it warm-blooded or cold-blooded?

• Does it have a backbone?

• What is it's body covering?

• How does it reproduce?

What is a vertebrate?

• An animal that is warm-blooded

• An animal that does NOT have a backbone

• An animal that has a backbone

• An animal that is cold-blooded

A mammal is covered in

• hair/fur

• scales

• moist, slimy skin

• feathers

Which vertebrates are cold-blooded, lay eggs, are covered in scales?

• Mammals and birds

• Reptiles and fish

• Amphibians and reptiles

• Birds and reptiles

What makes reptiles and amphibians different from each other?

• One is cold-blooded, the other is warm-blooded

• One lays eggs, the other doesn't

• Their body coverings are different

• They way they breathe as adults is different

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Which vertebrates are born with gills and then develop lungs?

• Birds

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Amphibians

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Mr. Bennett found a vertebrate that is covered in rough, scaly skin, lays eggs, and breathes with lungs. What animal could he have found?

• Tuna

• Frog

• Turtle

• Dog

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Which vertebrate always breathes with gills?

• Cat

• Salmon

• Frog

• Alligator

Which type of vertebrates CANNOT control their own body temperature?

• Warm-blooded

• Cold-blooded

Which is the only vertebrate that gives live-birth?

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Fish

• Amphibians