Vertebrate book

FISH

Characteristics about fish

• They have gills
• Gills take water into the fish and passes through
• the blood vessels and it take oxygen from the water in to the blood
• Scales
• Scales are thin, see through, and bendable plates that over lap each other that protect the fish

More characteristics about fish

• They have fins
• Fins are flat arms for the fish that help it swim
• Tail
• A tail is also a fin but in the back and it helps the fish swim

It's adaptation

JAWS

AND SCALES

EXAMPLES

• Bony fish
• Cartilaginous fish
• Jawless fish

MAMMALS

CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT MAMMALS

• Fur: it is hair that covers the body
• Babies born alive: they come out of the mother with no shell
• Diaphragm: a muscle inside the chest cavity that helps mammals breath better
• Warm blooded: They get their heat from energy that gets into their cells and burns food

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT MAMMALS

• They have milk producing glands:
• They have the ability to produce milk for their young from their bodies

ADAPTATIONS

SPINES

ARMOR

TEETH

EXAMPLES

REPTILES

CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT REPTILES

• Scales: they are small see through bendable plates that covers
• It's body.
• Cold blooded: it's temperature changes with the climate around it.
• Plates: a hard surface covering the reptile
• Babies hatch from eggs: a baby emerges from an egg that the mom hatched

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT REPTILES

• Eggs have a leathery shell
• The largest reptiles are alligators and crocodiles
• A turtles shell has the backbone and the ribs in the plates

ADAPTATIONS

TEETH

EXAMPLES

AMPHIBIANS

CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT AMPHIBIANS

• No hair: it's like fur but thin.
• No scales: see through bendable plates that cover the body
• No claws: pointy toenails at the end of the toes.
• Soft skin: something that covers the body and feels soft
• Webbed feet: toes that are connected

INTERESTING FACTS ON AMPHIBIANS

• They can absorb water
• They live in fresh water and on land
• Toads have hard dry skin
• Frogs have wet smooth skin

ADAPTATIONS

THEY USE THEIR COLOR TO BLEND IN WITH THE ENVIORNMENT

EXAMPLES

BIRDS

CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT BIRDS

• They can fly: flapping their wings to soar through the air
• Feathers: they make birds warm and helps them to fly
• A beck: it is their mouth that they use to eat or peck through trees
• Warm blooded: they get their heat from the energy and gets into their cells
• Hatch from eggs: babies are inside and they emerge out

INTERESTING FACTS ON BIRDS

• No teeth
• Bones are light and porous
• Not all birds can fly

ADAPTATIONS

BEAKS AND FEATHERS

EXAMPLES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Salvick Frank, M. (2002). Living things grow and respond. (Unit B ed.). Chicago:
• Harcourt School Publishers. DOI: www.harcourtschool.com