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Vertebrates/Invertebrates
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Science
4th Grade
02/25/2008

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Name the 5 Groups of Vertebrates
Definition
Fish, Amphibians, Mammals, Birds, Reptiles
Term
Name the 5 Groups of Invertebrates
Definition
Worms, Mollusks, Echinoderms, Arthropods, Sponge
Term
Name three characteristics of fish
Definition
Fins, gills, scales
Term
Give an example of a fish
Definition
shark
Term
Give one example of an amphibian
Definition
frog
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Name three characteristics of an amphibian
Definition
dry moist skin, lay eggs, lungs
Term
Give one exmaple of a reptile
Definition
snake
Term
Give two characteristics of a reptile
Definition
dry scaley skin, lungs
Term
Name one example of a bird
Definition
crow
Term
Give two characteristics of a bird
Definition
warm blooded, lungs
Term
What is a vertebrate?
Definition
a animal that has a backbone
Term
A jellyfish catches food with its ________.
Definition
tentecles
Term
Give one example of a mammal
Definition
mammoth
Term
Name three characteristics of a mammal
Definition
lungs, warm blooded, hair or fur
Term
What kind of vertebrate is a human?
Definition
mammal
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Name the four kinds of Arthropods
Definition
insects (6 legs), spider(8 legs), cetipeades and millipeads(many legs), crustations,lobsters, crab, and shrimp(hard exoskeleton)
Term
What is an invertebrate?
Definition
a animal that has no backbone
Term
Give one characteristic of a sponge
Definition
holes
Term
Name two examples of a sponge
Definition
coral and jellyfish
Term

As an arthropod grows, it sheds its _______.

Definition
exoskeleton
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Give two examples of an echinoderm
Definition
sea urchins and starfish
Term
Give one characteristic of a mollusk
Definition
have a shell
Term
Give four exmaples of a mollusk
Definition
clams, oysters, snails, and octopuses
Term
Give one characteristic of an arthropod
Definition
exoskeleton
Term

Give one example of an arthropod

Definition
lobster
Term

_______ look like plats but are actually animals with soft, tubelike bodies.

Definition
coral
Term
Give one example of a worm
Definition
earthworm
Term
What is the meaning of the word vertebra?
Definition
each bone made of the backbone
Term
How many legs do insects have?
Definition
6 legs
Term
How many legs do spiders have?
Definition
8 legs
Term
How many legs do centipeded and millipedes have?
Definition
centepeades have hundreds of legs and millipeads have thousands
Term
What sort of exterior do crustaceans have?
Definition
hard exoskeleton
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