2. vocabulary
1. vertebrates: an animal with a backbone
2. Mammal: a type of vertebrate that has hair or fur.
3. Bird: a type of vertebrate that has feathers
4. Amphibian: a type of vertebrate that has moist skin.
5. Fish: a type of vertebrate that breathe through gills.
3. Vertebrates
Most vertebrates have large brains and sharp
senses. These traits help the vertebrates survive.
Toucans are birds that
have feather and lay
eggs
Monkeys, are mammals. They have
fur and the mother make
milk for their young
4. Scientist classify vertebrates into groups. The
five major groups are:
1. Mammals
2. Birds
3. Reptiles Scaly fish it
spend the entire
Tree frog started its life
4. Amphibians as an egg in water. But life in water
now it lives on land
5. fish now.
5. Mammals
• Have hair or fur
• Use lungs to breathe
• Drink milk made by their mother
• Give birth to live young Tiger. Has fur and
make milk for its
young.
Kangaroo, carry
Pigs, aren´t furry, but their young in a
they do have hair. pouch
6. Birds
• Have feathers
• Beaks
• Lungs
• Two legs
• Hatching from eggs
These birds look different, but they
all are vertebrates with 2 legs,
Feathers, wings and beaks
7. Reptiles
• Have dry skin covered with scales
• Breathe with their lungs Sea turtle, lives in the water
• Spend a lot of time under water But it lays its egg on land
• Hatch from eggs laid on land
Alligator, breathe with
lungs.
It is often in water but
must have Iguana, hatched from an egg that
air to get the oxygen it Was laid on land.
need.
8. Amphibians
• Have moist skin
• Lay eggs in water
• Develop lungs and legs
Salamander´s speed and colors
Help it survive
9. Fish
• Have gills
• Live in water
• Have scales and fins to help them swim
All fish look different
but they all have scales
and gills, and live in water
