VERTEBRATES ANIMALS WITH A BACKBONE SHARED CHARACTERISTICS OF

VERTEBRATES • ANIMALS WITH A BACKBONE! • SHARED CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTEBRATES: • BACKBONE • PROTECTIVE SKIN COVERING • INSIDE SKELETON • MUSCLES • BLOOD THAT CIRCULATES THROUGH BLOOD VESSELS • LUNGS OR GILLS FOR BREATHING

VERTEBRATES ARE DIVIDED INTO 5 GROUPS: • FISH • AMPHIBIANS • REPTILES • MAMMALS • BIRDS

VERTEBRATE- FISH • HAVE BACKBONES • COLD-BLOODED (ECTOTHERMIC- OR THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE IS CONTROLLED BY THEIR SURROUNDINGS) • OBTAIN OXYGEN IN WATER THROUGH GILLS • MOST LAY EGGS • HAVE SCALES AND FINS • LIVE IN WATER • EXAMPLES: ANGEL FISH, BASS

VERTEBRATE- AMPHIBIANS • HAVE BACKBONES • COLD-BLOODED (ECTOTHERMIC) • CAN BREATHE IN WATER WITH GILLS EARLY IN LIFE AND BREATHE ON LAND WITH LUNGS AS ADULTS • LAY JELLY-LIKE EGGS • MAJOR GROUPS ARE FROGS, TOADS, AND SALAMANDERS

VERTEBRATE- REPTILES • HAVE BACKBONES • COLD-BLOODED (ECTOTHERMIC) • BREATHE WITH LUNGS • MOST LAY EGGS • IN SOME REPTILES THE EGGS HATCH INSIDE THE MOTHER • HAVE SCALES • EXAMPLES: SNAKES, LIZARDS

VERTEBRATES- MAMMALS • HAVE BACKBONES • WARM-BLOODED (ENDOTHERMIC- OR THEY ARE CAPABLE OF INTERNALLY REGULATING THEIR BODY TEMPERATURE) • BREATHE WITH LUNGS • HAVE OFFSPRING THAT ARE BORN ALIVE • HAVE FUR OR HAIR • PRODUCE MILK TO FEED THEIR YOUNG • EXAMPLES: HUMANS, ELEPHANTS

VERTEBRATES- BIRDS • HAVE BACKBONES • ARE WARM-BLOODED (ENDOTHERMIC) • BREATHE WITH LUNGS • LAY EGGS • HAVE FEATHERS • HAVE A BEAK • TWO WINGS • TWO FEET • EXAMPLES: CHICKENS, PARROTS