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Animal Classification
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Vocabulary
Animal Groups
Animal Characteristics
Amphibians vs. Reptiles
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This is how scientists sort animals by the characteristics they share.
What is classifying?
These are the five classes of vertebrates.
What are mammals, reptiles, fish, amphibians, and birds?
Most fish have this body covering.
What are scales?
Alligators, tuataras, and lizards are all part of this animal group.
What are reptiles?
An animal that has a backbone or spine.
What is a vertebrate?
This animal has fur and gives birth to live young.
What is a mammal?
Mammals' bodies have a least a little of this covering.
What is hair or fur?
These animals have moist skin.
What are amphibians?
This is another term for ectothermic.
What is cold-blooded?
Most kinds of this animal build nests.
What are birds?
Fish use these to navigate through the water.
What are fins?
These animals are born with gills and later develop lungs.
What are amphibians?
This means an animal's body temperature does not change with the environment.
What is endothermic/warm-blooded?
These animals have scales and breathe through gills.
What are fish?
These animals hatch from eggs and get food from their parents when they are young.
What are birds?
Reptiles and amphibians get their body heat from their surroundings, so they are ________.
What is cold-blooded/ectothermic?
This is the scientific term for animals that live on land.
What is terrestrial? Bonus point: What are animals that live in water called?
Humans fall into this animal group.
What is a mammal? Bonus point: Name 3 characteristics that demonstrate that humans are mammals.
This animal group goes through a metamorphosis.
What are amphibians?
Baby amphibians are born into water, so they are ________.
What is aquatic?