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Animals with a backbone

Vertebrates

Largest group of animals without a backbone

Invertebrates

Animals with backbones, usually with hair or fur, feed milk to its young

Mammals

Animals with backbone, feathers, wings, hatch from eggs and 2 legs

Birds

Animals with bones, live in water, are covered in scales, hatch from eggs and have gills

Fish

Animals with bones and dry, scaly skin

Reptiles

Animals with bones, live part of their life on land and part of their life in water, have smooth wet skin and hatch from eggs

Amphibians

A color or shape that makes an animal hard to see

Camouflage

A special body part that gets oxygen from the water

Gills

Animals without bones, have 3 body parts, 6 legs and antennae

Insects

All of the living and no living things around an animal

Environment

Body parts that help insects feel, smell, hear, and taste things

Antennae

Body part that help fish swim

Fins

Body parts that protect some fish from other animals

Spikes

Whisker-like body parts that help some fish find food

Feelers

Largest group of invertebrates that include insects and spiders

Arthropods

Throat are of an insect

Thorax

The stomach area of an insect

Abdomen

Describes animals whose body temperature remains the same regardless of their environment's temperature; includes mammals and birds

Warm-blooded

Describes animals whose body temperature changes based on its environment's temperature; includes fish and reptiles

Cold-blooded

Some animals with backbones are _____, _____, ____, _____, and _____.

mammals, birds, fish, reptiles, amphibians

Some animals without backbones are a _____ _____, the ____ _____, an ____, and _____.

Walking stick, honeypot ant, octopus, spiders

Camouflaged while on a plant to help make it hard to find

Walking stick

Stores food in its abdomen

Honeypot ant

Lives in the ocean, has good eyesight and suction cups on its arms to hold food.

Octopus

Have eight legs and spin webs for trapping insects

Spiders

What are some ways mammals are adapted to their environment?

Chipmunks store food for the winter and a mule deer's fur changes color.

What are some ways birds are adapted to their environment?

The nightjar's feathers camouflage it to look like leaves, the hummingbird's beak is adapted to help it eat, and the penguin's top feathers are waterproof and feathers below top feathers trap air to keep it warm.

What are some ways fish are adapted to their environment?

Fish have gills to get oxygen from water and fins to swim. The porcupine fish can make itself big for protection, the catfish has feelers that help it find food and the stingray has a sharp spike for protection.

What are some ways reptiles are adapted to their environment?

Body is cold when air is cold and warm when air is warm. A chameleon has a long tongue to catch food, a snake's mouth opens wide to swallow food whole, and a desert iguana's light skin keeps in cool in the hot, sunny desert.

What are some ways amphibians are adapted to their environment?

Begin lives in water an move to land when grown. Frogs live near water and have smooth, wet skin. Toads have dry, rough skin and bury themselves during the day to keep cool.