They are animals that have a backbone or spinal column

What do you call the spinal column of vertebrates?

Give the types of vertebrates animals.

Vertebrates are classified by the ___________ vertebrata.

There are currently around ____________ known species of vertebrate animals

Vertebrates are only around ____ of all the animals on Earth

Most of the animal species are invertebrates.

__________ are the animal class that people belong to.

There are about __________ kinds of mammals

They are warm blooded animals that nurse their young with milk and have fur or hair.

They are heterodynes with strong jaws.

Specialized teeth of mammals

These are animals that live in water.

humans

dolphins

giraffes

horses

spotted hyenas

brook trout

great white shark

lionfish

swordfish

There are animals that have feathers, wings and lay eggs.

All birds can fly

bald eagle

cardinal

flamingo

ostrich

red-tailed hawk

Tha class ______ includes all the birds.

Birds produce _______ eggs but usually give them greater protection from predators by laying them high off of the ground or in other relatively inaccessible locations.

Birds are descendant of ____________, a two-legged mostly carnivorous dinosaurs.

They are cold-blooded animals.

They start out their lives living in the water with gills just like fish

alligators

crocodiles

snakes

lizards

turtles

They are cold-blooded animals that lay eggs

Their skin is covered with hard and dry scales

frogs

toads

newts

salamanders

They have lungs to breathe on land and skin that does not need to be kept wet.

Like birds, they produce an amniote egg which is usually rich in ________________, that has a leather hard shell that protects the embryo from drying out.

The eggs of reptiles can be laid on land.

They cannot maintain a constant body temperature. The temperature of their body is determined by the outside surroundings.

Cold-blooded animals are __________ which means "outside heat".

reptiles

amphibians

fish

They are able to regulate their internal temperature. They can sweat or pant to cool off and have a fur and feathers to help them keep warm.

Warm-blooded animals are called _______endothermic meaning "heat inside"

birds

mammals

The smallest vertebrate is thought to be a tiny frog called ___________

How long is the smallest vertebrate?

What is the largest vertebrate?

How long is the largest vertebrate?

What is the weight of the largest vertebrate?

The only mammals that lay eggs are ________________ such as the _____________ and ___________

There are reptiles that live on every continent except ____________

The shortest childhood of any mammal is experienced by the ______________. They are considered adult when they are just ____ days old.

Invertebrates tend to be much more intelligent that vertebrates.

Frogs can breathe through their gills.

Most fish have skeletons made of bone, they are called

Some fish have skeletons made of ____________. These includes sharks and rays.

My body is warm and furry. I feed my babies with milk. I give birth to live young.

My body is covered with hair or fur. I feed my babies with milk. I give birth to live young.

My body is moist and smooth. I lay eggs. I like to live in or near the water

Although I have wings. I am infact a fruit eater

My body is covered with hair, not feathers. I feed my babies with milk. I do not lay eggs

My body is covered with dry scales. I do lay eggs

My body is warm and covered with feathers. I lay eggs

My body is cold to touch and is covered with scales. I lay eggs. I use gills to breathe under water.