Rainbow Trout
Clown Fish
This organism has scales. It uses gills
to breathe. A rainbow trout also lays
soft-shelled eggs in water and is cold
blooded.
This beloved movie character is also
known as a Clown Fish! They do not tell
jokes, but they do live in water and get
oxygen through their gills. Clown fish
also have scales, lay soft-shelled eggs,
and are cold blooded organisms.
Killer Whale
Killer whales live in water and have
fins, but they also have live birth and
then their offspring drink milk from
the mother. These organisms are
warm blooded. They swim to the
surface to get oxygen from the air
with their lungs.
Chameleon
Snake
Chameleons are cool creatures. Just
look at that face! They have rough,
dry scales and lay hard-shelled eggs.
They also breathe with lungs and are
cold blooded.
Snakes are cold blooded organisms that
breathe with lungs. They also have
rough, dry scales and lay hard-shelled
eggs. Do you know which class this
sneaky snake belongs in?
Sea Turtle
Giant Galapagos Tortoise
This cold blooded organism lives in the
This grumpy looking fellow has lungs, dry
SEA. Did you read its name? Sea
scaly skin, and is cold blooded. Giant
turtles swim to the surface to fill
Galapagos tortoises lay hard shelled
their lungs with oxygen. Sea turtles
eggs. Do you know which class this
then travel to land to lay their hard
organism fits in?
shelled eggs. They also have rough,
dry scales.
Hippo
The hippopotamus belongs to a class
of warm blooded animals that have
lungs, give birth to babies that then
drink milk from the mother, and have
fur or hair.
Humans and Horses
Humans and horses have a lot in
common. Both humans and horses are
warm blooded, give birth to babies that
drink a mother’s milk, have hair, and
have lungs. Do you know which class
these two organisms belong to?
Orangutan
Cat
Orangutans are very hairy, as you can
see. These warm-blooded organisms
also give live birth to their offspring.
Do you have a cat? Cats are furry,
warm blooded creatures whose offspring
drink the mother’s milk. They also
breathe in oxygen with lungs.
Toucan
Penguins
Toucans are great organisms! Just look
Look at this cute little guy! Baby
at that beak! Toucans are feathered,
penguins are covered with downy layer
warm blooded organisms that breathe
of feathers before their slick
through lungs and lay hard shelled eggs. feathers come in. Baby penguins hatch
from hard shelled eggs and are warm
blooded. They also breathe through
lungs!
Macaw
Owl
Wow! Look at the amazingly bright
feathers on this organism! Macaws lay
hard shelled eggs, are warm blooded,
and breathe through lungs.
An owl’s offspring hatches from hard
shelled eggs. Owls are warm blooded
organisms that breathe with lungs and
are covered in feathers. Who, who,
whooo knows which group owls belong
in?
Tree frog
Salamander
This little guy belongs to a group of
cold blooded animals with smooth,
moist skin, gills AND lungs, and lays
soft shelled eggs in water.
Meet Sal the cold blooded salamander.
She has smooth, moist skin and lays
her soft shelled eggs in water.
Salamanders also have gills AND lungs
throughout their life cycle.
Poison Dart Frog
Toad
I don’t know about you, but I think I
will stay away from an organism with
that kind of name! This cold blooded
frog has smooth, moist skin and lays
soft shelled eggs in water. It also had
gills before its lungs developed.
Did you know this cold blooded toad
had gills before it had lungs? It also
has smooth, moist skin and lays soft
shelled eggs in water.
Name________________________
Go around the room and read the animal fact cards. Write the animal’s
name under the correct classification.
Fish
Amphibians
1. _________________________
13. ________________________
2. _________________________
14. ________________________
15. ________________________
Mammals
16. ________________________
3. _________________________
4. _________________________
Birds
5. _________________________
17. ________________________
6. _________________________
18. ________________________
7. _________________________
19. ________________________
8. _________________________
20. ________________________
Reptiles
9. _________________________
10. ________________________
11. ________________________
12. ________________________
*ANSWER KEY*
Go around the room and read the animal fact cards. Write the animal’s
name under the correct classification.
Fish
Amphibians
1. RAINBOW TROUT
13. SALAMANDER
2. CLOWN FISH
14. POISON DART FROG
15. TOAD
Mammals
16. TREE FROG
3. ORANGUTAN
4. HUMAN
Birds
5. HORSE
17. PENGUIN
6. HIPPOPOTAMUS
18. MACAW
7. CAT
19. OWL
8. KILLER WHALE
20. TOUCAN
Reptiles
9. SNAKE
10. CHAMELEON
11. SEA TURTLE
12. GIANT GALAPAGOS TORTOISE