Animal Classification

To classify means to...

• to divide into groups

• to put animals together

• to count animals

Animals are divided into two main groups:

• farm animals and forest animals

• vertebrates and invertebrates

• big and small

What is a vertebrate?

• An animal that has a back bone.

• An animal that doesn't have a backbone.

What is an invertebrate?

• An animal that doesn't have a backbone.

• An animal that swims.

• An animal that flies.

Which of these animals is a reptile?

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Which of these is an amphibian?

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Do mammals lay eggs?

Reptiles have______skin.

Fish have_____for breathing.

_____have wings and feathers so that they can fly.