Vertebrates

What are vertebrates?

• Animals with a backbone
• Animals without a backbone

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There are five categories of vertebrates.  Which one is not a vertebrate?

• Mammals
• Birds
• Arthropods
• Reptiles

What am I?

• Mammal
• Amphibian
• Bird
• Reptile

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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 and covered in feathers. I lay eggs which hatch into chickens. What am I?

• Reptile

• Amphibian

• Mammal

• Bird

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

What animals are viviparous?

• Birds, amphibians, reptiles, fish and invertebrates
• Mammals
• Humans

What animals are oviparous?

• Animals that drink mother's milk
• Animals that lay eggs