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VERTEBRATES

FISH Body covered with slimy scales for protection. Have fins and tail to swim. Streamlined bodies to swim well. Breathe through gills AMPHIBIANS Body covered with moist skin. REPTILES Body covered with hard and dry scales for protections BIRDS Body covered with feathers. Have wings and beak. MAMMALS Body covered with hair and fur.

Adult live on land and water. Breathe with lungs on land and through moist skin when in water. Young live in water, breathe through gills. Cold blooded (body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature) Lay eggs covered with jelly-like substance Carry our external fertilization (eggs are fertilized outside the female body)

Breathe with lungs

Breathe with lungs.

Breathe with lungs

Cold blooded (body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature) Lay eggs Carry our external fertilization (eggs are fertilized outside the female body)

Cold blooded (body temperature changes with the surrounding temperature) Lay eggs with leathery shell Carry our internal fertilization (eggs are fertilized inside the female body)

Warm-blooded (body temperature remains constant). Lay eggs with hard shells. Carry our internal fertilization (eggs are fertilized inside the female body).

Warm-blooded (body temperature remains constant). Give birth to live young Carry our internal fertilization (eggs are fertilized inside the female body) Young mammals feed on milk from their mothers mammary glands.

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