ANIMALSVERTEBRATES Animals with a backbone FISHES CHARACTERISTICS Live

ANIMALS---VERTEBRATES • Animals with a backbone

FISHES • CHARACTERISTICS • Live in water. • Have a backbone. • Breathe with the help of gills. • Gills are covered by gill covers. • Body is covered with scales. • Scales are small, thin, flat, plates that protect the body of a fish. • Several fins are attached to the body of the fish which help in swimming.

FINS SCALES GILLS LIVE IN WATER Eat plants and other fishes BACKBONE • Lay Eggs

AMPHIBIANS • Moist skin • Slimy to touch • Adults –live on land, breathe through lungs, lay eggs in water. • Young amphibians---stay in water, breathe through gills, move and live on the land as they grow into adults.

REPTILES • Have a backbone • Scaly and dry skin • Breathe with the help of lungs • Many reptiles lay eggs and young ones hatch out of them • Eggs are leathery and tough. • Turtles are the only reptiles with a shell on their body.

BIRDS • Beak • Two legs • Tail • Two wings covered with feathers. • Reproduce by laying eggs.

MAMMALS • Skin covered with hair. • Give birth to young ones. • Young ones are taken care of by the mother. • Breathe with the help of lungs.

Blue Whale: 1. 2. 3. 4. Lungs to breathe Aquatic mammal Can hold breath for a long time Have broad, flat limbs called Flippers which help to swim. Spiny Anteater & Platypus 1. They are the only two mammals which lay eggs 2. They are called Mammals still because they feed their young ones with their milk.