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Hoofin'
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Activity
2:
Vertebrate Grab Game: Vertebrate Clues
- These vertebrates
have hollow bones.
- These vertebrates
are warm-blooded.
- A turtle is an example
of this group of vertebrates.
- The largest animal
ever to live is a member of this group.
- These vertebrates
are cold-blooded.
- All of the vertebrates
in this group breathe with gills.
- Only these vertebrates
have hair.
- These vertebrates
never have claws and usually have four legs.
- All of the vertebrates
in this group nurse their young.
- This is the only group
of vertebrates that has feathers.
- These vertebrates
have scales and lay eggs that usually have a leathery skin.
- A few vertebrates
in this group lay eggs, but almost all give birth to live young.
- Sweating helps keep
many of the vertebrates in this group cool.
- These vertebrates
have air sacs attached to their lungs.
- Only these vertebrates
have a muscular diaphragm that helps them fill their lungs with
air.
- These vertebrates
have the most fully developed brains (mammals).
- The vertebrates in
this group have different kinds of teeth for eating different
kinds of food.
- Many of these vertebrates
have oil, milk, sweat, and scent glands in their skin.
- These vertebrates
do not have teeth.
- Humans are part of
this vertebrate group.
Answers:
1) birds, 2) birds and
mammals, 3) reptiles, 4) mammals (blue whale), 5) fish, reptiles
and amphibians, 6) fish, 7) mammals, 8) amphibians, 9) mammals,
10) birds, 11) reptiles, 12) mammals, 13) mammals, 14) birds, 15)
mammals, 16) mammals, 17) mammals, 18) mammals, 19) birds, 20) mammals
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