Animal Classification Games

What is a vertebrate?

• An animal that lays hard shelled eggs

• An animal that breathes through its gills

• An animal with a backbone

• An animal without a backbone

What is an invertebrate?

• An animal that lives in water

• An animal without a backbone

• A warm - blooded animal

• A cold - blooded animal

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Select the one that is not in the same group

• Turtle

• Lizard

• Crocodile

• Salamander

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Animals that only eat plants are called...

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Scavengers

Animals that only eat other animals are called...

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

• Omnivores

Animals that eat both plants and animals are called...

• Scavengers

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

They have wings but not all can fly

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Birds

• Amphibians

Has wet scales and lives in water

• Reptiles

• Mammals

• Amphibians

• Fish

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Has hair and has live offspring which is not in an egg

• Birds

• Fish

• Mammals

• Amphibians

Have dry scales and are cold blooded

• Reptiles

• Amphibians

• Mammals

• Fish