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CLASSIFYING ANIMALS

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Page 1: CLASSIFYING ANIMALS. Classifying Animals Vertebrates: Animals with backbone. Invertebrates: Animals without backbone

CLASSIFYING ANIMALS

CLASSIFYING ANIMALS

Page 2: CLASSIFYING ANIMALS. Classifying Animals Vertebrates: Animals with backbone. Invertebrates: Animals without backbone

Classifying Animals

Vertebrates: Animals with backbone.

Invertebrates: Animals without backbone.

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Vertebrates

Fish:

Covered with scales.

Live in water.

Gills.

Cold-blooded.

Lay eggs.

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Vertebrates

Amphibians:

Covered with smooth skin.

Live in water and land.

Lungs or gills.

Cold-blooded.

Hatch from eggs.

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Vertebrates

Reptiles:

Covered with scales.

Live on land.

Lungs.

Cold-blooded.

Lay eggs.

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Vertebrates

Birds:

Covered with feathers.

Live on land.

Lungs.

Warm-blooded.

Lay eggs.

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Vertebrates

Mammals:

Hair or fur.

Lungs.

Warm-blooded.

They make milk to feed their young.

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Invertebrates

Most animals on Earth.

Earthworms have soft bodies made of segments.

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Invertebrates

Arthropods:

Largest group.

Their legs and bodies are divides into sections.

Covered by a hard, lightweight outer skin (exoskeleton).