Transcript Vertebrate lesson powerpoint

What are they?
What does vertebrate mean?
An animal who only eats meat
An animal without a backbone
An animal with a backbone
Answer: An animal with a backbone
Are you a Verterbrate?
What does a backbone do?
-A backbone provides protection for the
spinal cord.
-A backbone makes the skeleton more flexible
Is it advantageous to have a
backbone?
What would life be like if we didn’t
have a backbone?
What animals can you think of that
have a Backbone?
Is there any way we could shrink
our list of vertebrates down?
Classify them into groups!
Vertebrates
Can you list the five main Classes
of Vertebrates?
Fish
Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Amphibians
Which animal goes where?
Fish
Mammal
Reptile
Birds
Amphibian
Interview with a Vertebrate!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C
BJLdVdAN9Y
What are the characteristics of Fish?
Key Body Characteristics
They have scales and are
cold blooded
Method of Respiration:
They breathe underwater through gills
Method of Movement:
They have fins
Method of Reproduction:
They lay eggs in the water
What kind of eaters are they?
Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores and Limnivores.
What are the Characteristics of Birds?
Key Body Characteristics
Feathers, beak and are
warm blooded
Method of Respiration:
Takes in air through lungs
Method of Movement:
Wings to help them fly
Method of Reproduction:
Lay Eggs
What kind of eaters are they?
Carnivore, Herbivore, and Omnivore
What are the Characteristics of a Mammal?
Body Shape:
Hair, Fur etc. Warm Blooded
Method of Respiration:
Takes in air through lungs
Method of Movement:
Walk on legs, Swim
Method of Reproduction:
Female gives birth
What kind of eaters are they?
Carnivore, Herbivore, and Omnivore
What are the Characteristics of a Reptile?
Key Body Characteristics
Scales, Cold Blooded
Method of Respiration:
Breathe air even though some live in water
Method of Movement:
Walk on legs, Swim
Method of Reproduction:
Give birth by laying eggs
What kind of eaters are they?
Carnivore, Herbivore, and Omnivore
What are the Characteristics of a Amphibian?
Key Body Characteristics
Cold Blooded, skin-no scales
hair etc.
Method of Respiration:
Uses lungs on land, also takes Oxygen
through skin to blood stream
Method of Movement:
Swim first then walk on legs as
adult
Method of Reproduction:
Laying eggs in the Water
What kind of eaters are they?
Ingestion: Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores
Closing Question
Why do we divide vertebrates into different
classifications, if they are all part of the same
vertebrate family?