Animal Classification - 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

• Insects

• Reptiles

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I have fur, I breathe with lungs, and I am warm blooded. 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

I have fur and I can fly. I 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

Mammals are covered with...

• scales

• a hard shell

• smooth, moist skin

• None of the above

Animals that begin their life in the water and later live on land are called...

• Birds

• Amphibians

• Mammals

• Reptiles

All of the following are characteristics of mammals except _____

• they give birth to live young
• they produce milk
• they breathe through gills
• they are covered with hair