VERTEBRATES

FISH

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AMPHIBIANS

• Body structure: some have hands to help them swim and walk
• They Have skin that's not scaly but smooth and allows food water and oxygen to get through
• They have a simple body structure when compared with other amphibians
• With out moist conditions there bodies would dry out and they would die

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• Characteristics: all are cold blooded so don't stay the same temperature
• They also have slimy skin
• Some frogs can change color with there surroundings

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• Reproduction: they lay eggs
• They reproduce in many different places like water or land
• There reproduction is more like how fish reproduce then mammals or reptiles

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• Metamorphosis: frogs go through 3 stages
• Eggs to tadpoles and finally to frogs
• Examples: tadpoles, frogs, toads, salamanders, newts, caecilians

REPTILES

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• Reproduction: some lay eggs
• When the egg is hatched the shell provided with food and water

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• Body structure: some have legs and some don't
• They shed their skin
• Turtles and tortesis have shells to protect themselves
• Babies have an egg tooth
• Crocodiles have a hard skin to protect them

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• Characteristics: have scales/ cold blooded/ backbones/ breath air/ shed skin
• Snakes fangs can paralyze or make the animal bleed to death
• Chameleons change color to stay hidden from predators some snakes and
• Some are constrictors (snakes)

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• Examples: turtles, lizards, Komodo dragons
• Dinosaurs, Gila monster, iguana, chameleon

MAMMALS

CHARACTHARISTICS

• Warm blooded/ keep same body tempature
• Have a thick coat of hair (for coldness or to blend in)
• Backbones
• 2 pairs of limbs
• Bats are the only mammal to fly, or have wings

BODY STRUCTURE

• Backbones
• 2 pairs of limbs
• Head, a trunk (not like an elephants) 2 sets of limbs and lungs
• Some have antlers

REPRODUCTION

• They only give live births

EXAMPLES/ CATEGORIES

• Big cats
• Canines
• Prime apes
• Some stay in water there whole life and some stay on land there whole life

BIRDS

CHARACTHARISTICS

• Have feathers/ beaks/ hollow skeleton/ backbones/ some fly and some don't
• Warm blooded
• There beaks are all different depending on adaptation
• Birds lay eggs in nests

REPRODUCTION

• They all lay eggs

BODY STRUCTURE

• Beaks/ 2 legs and 2 wings
• Some birds can't fly because of their feathers
• There feathers are used for different purposes

EXAMPLES/ CATEGORIES

• There are more types of birds in the world than anything else
• Large birds/ small birds/ birds that don t fly/ birds that live in water

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