Mrs. Stoshack 5 th Grade Vertebrates- Animals with back bones Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals.
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Animal KingdomMrs. Stoshack 5th Grade
Vertebrates- Animals with back bones
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Fish
Most diverse vertebrate group
These vertebrates live their whole life in water
Most fish have gills
Fish are usually covered by scales
Amphibians
Live part of their life in water and part of their life on land
Most adult amphibians live on land, but need water to reproduce
Amphibians have thin moist skin and four legs
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Reptiles
Most have thick dry skin covered with scales
Reproduce on land
Reptiles breathe with lungs
Birds
Are different from all other vertebrates in that they have both feathers and wings
Birds have hollow bones and air sacs that help them to fly
Mammals
Mother’s take care of and feed their young milk.
Humans are mammals.
All mammals have fur or hair.
Invertebrates- Animals without back bones
Sponge
Cnidaria
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda
Mollusks
Arthropods
Echinodermata
Sponge
A sponge’s body is like a tube with a lot of holes in it.
They have some tissues but no organs
Cnidaria
Do NOT have heads or tails
Live in water
They have soft bodies with tentacles.
Hydras, sea anemones, jellyfish
Platyhelminthes- Flatworms
Bodies are flat
They have heads and tails
Do not have true organ systems
Some live in water while others live inside other animals
Nematoda- Roundworms
Have round bodies, a digestive system, and a simple nervous system
Live all over Earth, including inside plants and animals
Mollusks
They have a shell that may be either inside or outside of their body
3 main body parts- foot, mantle and a compartment for internal organs
They have gills for breathing, jaws for capturing food, a circulatory system, and some have brains
Snails, clams octopuses
Arthropods
Insects, spiders, and crustations
There are more arthropods on Earth than any other animal
They have a tough outer skeleton, jointed legs, and a body made up of sections
Echinoderms - Starfish
Most have spiny skin and tubelike feet with suction cups
Skeleton is inside its body
Resources:
http://animalkingdom.net/category/vertebrates/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/
Animal Kingdom
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