Classifying Living Things
Classifying
Vertebrates
Vocabulary
Vertebrate or
Invertebrate
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Final Jeopardy
What do scientists
look for when
classifying living
things?
Answer
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traits they have in
common
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Do scientists group
animals according to
their color?
Answer
No
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Molluscs, sponges, clams,
spiders, sea urchins are
all examples of what class
of animal?
Answer
invertebrates
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Name the two
kingdoms of living
things.
Answer
plant kingdom and
animal kingdom
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True or False
Having jointed legs helps
a scientist classify it as
an arthropod.
Answer
True!
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Who am I?
I am cold blooded, and
I breathe with gills for
my whole life
Answer
a fish
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Who am I?
I am cold blooded and
I have dry, scaly skin.
Answer
a reptile
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Who am I?
I am warm blooded
and I lay eggs and
care for my young.
Answer
a bird
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Who am I?
I am warm blooded
and I have fur or hair
on my body.
Answer
a mammal
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Who am I?
I am cold blooded and I lay
eggs and I breathe with
gills when I am young but
have lungs when I am an
adult.
Answer
an amphibian
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What does vertebrate
mean?
Answer
having a backbone
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What does
invertebrate mean?
Answer
not having a backbone
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What does warm
blooded mean?
Answer
having the same body
temperature all the time even
if you go somewhere hot or cold
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What does cold
blooded mean?
Answer
having a body
temperature that
changes with the
environment
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What is a trait?
Answer
a physical characteristic or
behavior that an animal has or
shows
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Vertebrate or invertebrate?
octopus
Answer
invertebrate
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Vertebrate or invertebrate?
butterfly
Answer
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invertebrate
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Vertebrate or invertebrate?
human
Answer
vertebrate
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Vertebrate or invertebrate?
snake
Answer
vertebrate
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Vertebrate or invertebrate?
chicken
Answer
vertebrate
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Final Jeopardy
Question
Pick one vertebrate and one
invertebrate and complete the chart
below
Vertebrate
Animal’s Name
Animal’s Phylum or
Group
Trait 1
Trait 2
Answer
Invertebrate
Sample Answer: (answers will vary)
Vertebrate
Invertebrate
Animal’s Name
horse
clam
Animal’s Phylum or
Group
mammal
mollusc
Trait 1
hair
Muscular body
Trait 2
Live birth
Outer shell
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