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ÁREA: Ciencias Naturales ASIGNATURA: Science

ESTUDIANTE: __________________________________________________________GRADO: 4 PERIODO: 1

PRETEXTOS: _Vertebrate and Invertebrate

PROCESOS: Identificar los animales vertebrados e invertebrados y clasificarlos en inglés.

MISSING WORDS
invertebrate – vertebrate- four- five - birds - fish - reptiles - mammals

amphibians -insects -mollusks –octopus- squid –gills- lungs -warm -cold - birds

exoskeleton- reptiles - arthropods - sea-urchin - starfish worms

1) An animal that has a backbone is called a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and an animal without a backbone is

called an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2) There are _ _ _ _ main groups of vertebrates and _ _ _ _ main groups of invertebrates.

3) The five main groups of vertebrates are m _ _ _ _ _ _, r _ _ _ _ _ _ _, f _ _ _, a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and b_ _ _ _ _.

4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ like ants and bees are invertebrates.

5) Slugs and snails are _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ that live on land and o _ _ _ _ _ _, s _ _ _ _ and cuttlefish are
mollusks that live in the sea.

6) Mammals breathe using _ _ _ _ _ and fish breathe using _ _ _ _ _.

7) Most reptiles and fish are _ _ _ _ -blooded.

8) Mammals and birds are _ _ _ _ -blooded.

9) _ _ _ _ _ and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ lay eggs. All invertebrates lay eggs.

10) Scorpions, spiders, crabs and insects are called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ because they have hard bodies called
an _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and jointed legs.

11) Animals like the s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and s _ _ - u _ _ _ _ _ are called echinoderms.

12) _ _ _ _ _ are annelids because they have segmented bodies covered in bristles.

Many different animals share our planet with us. Many are alike, and many are different. Scientists classify
animals based on their similarities. One way scientists group animals is whether or not those animals have a
backbone.
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Some animals, like dogs, cats, birds, lizards, fish, and even humans have backbones - Scientists classify
backboned animals as vertebrate.
Other animals, such as squid, worms, bugs, and clams do not have backbones. Scientists call these animals
invertebrates.

 Choose five animals from the list below. Write the animal’s name, whether it is a vertebrate or
invertebrate, and two important traits in the spreadsheet.
An example has been provided for you.

Scorpion Fox Octopus Snail Rabbit Wolf Deer

T-Rex Spider Fish Jellyfish Turtle Beetle Hawk

Animal Vertebrate / Invertebrate Two important traits

1. A rabbit has long ears.

Rabbit Vertebrate
2. A rabbit is a mammal.

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ACROSS
DOWN

A. A crustacean that lives in the sea

B. A creature made up of 3 body parts and 6 legs
C. A long leg-less reptile, sometimes poisonous
D. This amphibian lives near ponds
E. Warm-blooded, breathes with lungs, gives birth to
live young
F. Birds and reptiles lay these
G. Can live in water and on land
H. These cover the skin of fish and reptiles
I. A large, dinosaur-like reptile with sharp teeth
Vertebrates
1. Has two wings and covered with feathers
2. A hard outer shell covering the whole body
3. Cold-blooded creature with scales, lays eggs
4. Lives in soil, from the Annelids
5. Lives in water, breathes with gills
6. Fish use these to breathe underwater
7. Creature with a soft body and hard shell
Creatures with a segmented body covered
8. with bristles

1. Read these sentences. Are they true (T) or false (F) sentences?
a)

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Fish and amphibians are oviparous animals.

b) Adult fish have got lungs to breathe air.

c) Amphibian young are called larvae or tadpoles.

d) All types of fish have got a bony skeleton.

e) Adult amphibians have never got tails.

2. Complete the texts with these words:

-body –bone -cartilaginous -developed – eggs -flexible
Lungs -oxygen -respiration -tadpoles

a) Sharks are fish. Their skeleton isn’t made of . It’s

made of cartilage. Sharks are unusual fish because they don’t lay

. They give birth to young.

b) Frogs have got a short with four legs. As adults, they’ve got
to breathe air, but they can also absorb through their

. This is called cutaneous .

3. Match parts 1-4 with parts a-d. Then write sentences:

1. Amphibians lay eggs a) ... and breathe through gills.
2. Tadpoles live underwater b) ... so they can live on land.
3. As they develop, tadpoles c) ... that develop into tadpoles.
4. They also develop lungs, d) ... grow legs and lose their tail.
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