Learning Objective: 2.

1 Understanding the support systems in animals

Learning Outcomes:
Explain the support system in vertebrates and the various support systems in
invertebrates.
Compare and contrast the support system between land and aquatic vertebrates.
1.

Draw lines to match the support system in vertebrates and invertebrates with the correct
statement.
Endoskeleton

Some invertebrates have a fluid-filled

skeleton that consists of liquids under
pressure that acts on the inner walls to
support the body.

Exoskeleton

Hydrostatic skeleton

2.

All vertebrates have an internal skeleton

inside the body that gives them their
distinctive shape and supports the body.

Most invertebrates have a hard covering

outside their body that supports the body
and protects its internal organs.

Compare and contrast the support system between land and aquatic vertebrates below
using the information given.

Supported by its backbone.

Supported by the surrounding water (buoyancy)
Have body limbs for walking, running or flying
Have streamlined bodies to move easily in water

Vertebrates

Land vertebrates

Aquatic vertebrates

1.____________________________

Body
weight

1.____________________________

2.____________________________

Movement

2.____________________________

Learning Objective: 2.1 Understanding the support systems in animals

Answer Scheme
1.

Draw lines to match the statement below with the correct term to explain the support
system in vertebrates and invertebrates.
Endoskeleton

Exoskeleton

Hydrostatic skeleton

2.

All vertebrates have an internal skeleton

inside the body that gives them their
distinctive shape and supports the body.
Some invertebrates have a fluid-filled
skeleton that consists of liquids under
pressure that acts on the inner walls to
support the body.
Most invertebrates have a hard covering
outside their body that supports the body
and protects its internal organs.

Compare and contrast the support system between land and aquatic vertebrates below
using the information given.

Supported by its backbone.

Supported by the surrounding water (buoyancy)
Have body limbs for walking, running or flying
Have streamlined bodies to move easily in water

Vertebrates

Land vertebrates

1. Supported by its backbone.

2. Have body limbs for walking,
running or flying

Aquatic vertebrates

Body
weight
Movement

1. Supported by the surrounding

water (buoyancy)
2. Have streamlined bodies to move
easily in water