Classes of Vertebrates

What do each of these animals have in common?

• They are vertebrates.

• They are invertebrates.

• They belong to the plant kingdom.

• They are autotrophs.

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

My body is covered with hair or fur, I have live babies, and I feed my young milk. What am I?

• Bird

• Reptile

• Mammal

• Echinoderm

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I live part of my life in water, have moist skin and lay eggs in water. What am I?

• Mammal

• Arthropod

• Reptile

• Amphibian

Which of these is a reptile?

• Eagle
• Shark
• Chimpanzee
• Iguana

I am covered in scales, use gills to breathe under water, and I lay eggs. What am I?

• Fish

• Mammal

• Reptile

• Amphibian

Which type of mammal has a pouch for their young to fully develop?

• Monotremes
• Placental
• Marsupials
• Mammial mammals

What covers a reptile and a fish's body?

• Scales
• Fur/hair
• Feathers
• Spines

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Montremes are different from placental and marsupial mammals because....

• They have hair
• They are ectothermic
• They lay eggs
• They do not feed milk to their young

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