Warm or Cold? |
#1 |
True or False: Warm-blooded means an animal's body temperature will stay the same. The temperature outside does not matter to the animal. |
True! |
#2 |
True or False: Cold-blooded means an animal's body temperature is the same temperature as outside. |
True! |
#3 |
Warm-blooded or Cold-blooded: Fish are ____. Why? |
Fish are cold-blooded because their temperature is the same as their environment (the lake or water). |
#4 |
Warm-blooded or Cold-blooded: Amphibians are ____. Why? |
Amphibians, like frogs and turtles, are cold-blooded because their temperature is the same as their environment. |
#5 |
Warm-blooded or Cold-blooded: Birds are ____. Why? |
Birds are warm-blooded because their body stays the same temperature all the time. The environment temperature (cold or hot weather) doesn't matter. |
Examples of Animal Classification |
#1 |
A duck, robin, and eagle are all _______. |
birds |
#2 |
A trout, shark, and walleye are all _______. |
fish |
#3 |
A crocodile, turtle, and snake are all _______. |
reptiles |
#4 |
A cat, rabbit, and koala bear are all _______. |
mammals |
#5 |
An ostrich, crane, and hawk are all _______. |
birds |
Vertebrate or Invertebrate? |
#1 |
Which is NOT in the vertebrate group? birds, fish, mollusks, or reptiles. Why? |
Mollusks because birds, fish, and reptiles all have a spine, so a mollusk must not have a spine. |
#2 |
Which is a vertebrate? squirrel, octopus, crab. Why? |
A squirrel because a squirrel has a backbone/spine. |
#3 |
True or False: A spider is a vertebrate animal. Why? |
False because a spider does not have a backbone/spine. |
#4 |
True or False: A swan is an invertebrate animal. Why? |
False because a swan has a backbone/spine. It is a vertebrate animal. |
#5 |
True or False: Vertebrates are classified into five main groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. |
True. All vertebrates have a skeleton inside their body. |
Miscellaneous Categroy--A little bit of this, a little bit of that... |
#1 |
True or False: All birds lay eggs with a hard shell. |
True! |
#2 |
True or False: A human is a reptile. |
False! A human is a mammal. |
#3 |
True or False: All birds have feathers and can fly. |
False! All birds have feathers, but not every bird can fly. A penguin and ostrich do not fly. |
#4 |
True or False: If I touch a 'cold-blooded' animal, their body will feel cold. |
False. A cold-blooded animal means that the animal's body temperature will be the same temperature as their environment. |
#5 |
True or False: A frog has a life-cycle. Can you name the stages? |
True. A frog's life cycle is an egg, a small tadpole, a bigger tadpole with legs and a tail, and an adult frog. |