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Title: Vertebrates


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Vertebrates
  • 3.3.7.A Describe the similarities and differences
    that characterize diverse living things describe
    how the structures of living things help them
    function in unique ways

2
Definitions
  • Animals Any living organism other than a plant
  • Vertebrate Animals with backbones
  • Invertebrate Animals without backbones
  • Classify A way to group according to certain
    characteristics

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5 main groups of Vertebrates
  • FISH
  • AMPHIBIANS
  • REPTILES
  • BIRDS
  • MAMMALS

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Fish
  • Examples
  • Bass
  • Trout
  • Salmon
  • Shark
  • Characteristics
  • Have skeletons
  • Scales
  • Gills
  • Cold Blooded
  • Lay eggs
  • USES
  • Food
  • Recreation

5
Amphibians
  • Characteristics
  • Live part of their lives on water, part on land
  • Lay eggs in water
  • Cold Blooded
  • Tadpoles hatch from eggs and live in water
  • Adults live on land and breathe air
  • Uses
  • -food
  • -pets
  • Examples
  • Frogs
  • Toads
  • Salamanders
  • Newts

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Reptiles
  • Characteristics
  • Dry scaly skin
  • Cold blooded
  • Most live all of their lives on land
  • Lay eggs on land
  • Have well developed lungs
  • Tough protective coat
  • Uses
  • Pets
  • Important to environment
  • Examples
  • Lizards
  • Turtles
  • Alligators
  • Snakes

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Birds
  • Characteristics
  • Lay eggs with hard outer shell
  • Breathe through lungs
  • Warm blooded
  • Have feathers
  • Most care for their young
  • Uses
  • Food
  • Pets
  • Observation
  • Examples
  • Chicken
  • Flamingo
  • Bluejay

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Mammals
  • Characteristics
  • Have hair or fur
  • Females can produce milk for their young
  • Care for and protect young
  • Most young mammals born live
  • Most complex brain
  • People are the highest form of mammals
  • Uses
  • Pets
  • Food
  • Friends
  • Examples
  • People
  • Whale
  • Kangaroo
  • Monkey
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