Animal classification

The Scientific term for the backbone is ………

• Spine

• Back

• CordBone

• Brain

vertebrates are animals with….

• fins
• a skull
• no backbone
• Spine; backbone

What is this animal group?

• Mammals
• Birds
• Fish
• Reptiles

What is this animal group?

• Birds
• Mammals
• Reptiles
• Amphibians

What is this animal group?

• Reptiles
• Mammals
• Birds
• Amphibians

What is this animal group?

• Frogs
• Birds
• Mammals
• Reptiles

Bats are the only mammals that can truly fly. What is the difference between bats and

birds?

• • Bats have skin stretched over their wings, while birds have feathers.

• • Bats are mammals (they have fur and feed babies with milk), but birds lay.

• Both bats and mammals lay eggs

• Both bats and birds feed their babies milk

How do whales breathe even though they live underwater?

• Whales extract oxygen from water through gills.
• Whales do not need to breathe as they are fully aquatic.
• Whales absorb oxygen through their skin while swimming.
• • Whales breathe air through a blowhole on top of their heads. They must come up to the surface to breathe in air.

Why is a whale different from other fish?

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• Whales have gills like fish do.
• Whales are cold-blooded animals.
• Whales lay eggs in water.
• • Whales are mammals, not fish.

  • Fish breathe through gills, but whales breathe air with lungs

What do both bats and whales have in common with other mammals?

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• They lay eggs instead of giving birth.
• • They both are vertebrates.

• • They have fur or hair on their bodies

• • They both feed their babies with milk