VERTEBRATES
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Characteristics of Vertebrates
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The main characteristics are:
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Internal skeleton with spine.
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They have three parts or regions: head, torso
and tail.
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The torso has four extremities which can be paws,
wings and fins.
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Their nervous system has an encephalon (brain) and a
spinal cord. The encephalon is placed inside the skull and
the spinal cord is placed inside the spine.
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Sense organs are placed inside the head
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Some characteristics of fish are:
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Their skin has scales.
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Their extremities are fins
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Fish have gills
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Some characteristics of Amphibians are:
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Their skin is always moist
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They have four extremities
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They breathe using gills, lungs and skin.
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Some characteristics of Reptiles are:
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Their skin is dry and strong, it has scales.
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They have four legs, which they use to run,
climb and swim. Snakes don't have legs so they
slither to move around.
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Reptiles are cold-blooded
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They lay eggs
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Some of them have glands that produce venom to kill
their prey.
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Characteristics of Birds :
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Birds don't have teeth, they have a beak
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Their front legs become wings.
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Their bodies are feathered
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They are hot-blooded (endothermic).
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They breathe with lungs
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They lay eggs with shells
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Characteristics of Mammals :
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They are warm blooded (endothermic): they can
maintain a constant body temperature.
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They have hair
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They have sudoriferous (sweat) glands
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They have mammary (milk-secreting) glands.
They produce milk to feed their young.
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They have different types of teeth
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They give birth to live young and provide
protection and care for them before and after
birth.
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