Taxonomy/Vertebrates Flashcards
Q: What is a scientist who classifies living organisms called?
A: Taxonomist
Q: What are vertebrates?
A: Animals with backbones
Q: What are animals without backbones called?
A: Invertebrates
Q: What kind of skeletons do vertebrates have?
A: Endoskeletons
Q: What kind of skeletons do insects and crustaceans have?
A: Exoskeletons
Q: What word means to become inactive in summer to avoid getting too much heat?
A: Estivate
Q: What word means to become inactive in winter to avoid the cold?
A: Hibernate
Q: Why do painted turtles bask in the sun?
A: They are cold-blooded?
Q: What word means having to do with water?
A: Aquatic
Q: What fish spends part of its life in freshwater and saltwater?
A: Salmon
Q: What group of vertebrates are turtles?
A: Reptiles
Q: What group of vertebrates are salamanders and newts?
A: Amphibians.
Q: What group of vertebrates are penguins and flamingos?
A: Birds
Q: What group of vertebrates are hippos and giraffes?
A: Mammals
Q: What is the only mammal that lays eggs?
A: Duck Billed Platypus
Q: What group of vertebrates are dolphins and whales?
A: Mammals
Q: What group of vertebrates are toads and frogs?
A: Amphibians
Q: What group of vertebrates are salmon and trout?
A: Fish
Q: What word describes a tadpole turning into a frog or a caterpillar turning into a butterfly?
A: Metamorphosis
Q: Where is the only place that amphibians don’t live?
A: Antarctica
Q: What groups of vertebrates are warm-blooded?
A: Mammals and Birds
Q: What kind of animal makes its own heat and has high metabolisms?
A: warm-blooded
Q: What kind of animal has an internal body temperature that is the same as its outside environment?
A: cold-blooded
