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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 5
Vertebrates
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Quarter 2 – Week No.5 Module No.5 Vertebrates
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 Table of Contents

Lesson 1: The Vertebrates

What I Need to Know .................................................................................................... 1

What’s New ...................................................................................................................... 1
What Is It ........................................................................................................................... 2
What’s More ..................................................................................................................... 4
What I Have Learned...................................................................................................... 8
Assessment………………………………………………………………………. 9

Key to Answers........................................................................................................................................ 11
References
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 What I Need to Know

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that
Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.
Lesson The Vertebrates
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What I need to know

Objective/s

Determine the distinguishing characteristics of vertebrates.

What’s New

Content output

In this lesson, you will learn about vertebrates and their distinguishing
characteristics.
Normally, vertebrates are classified into five smaller groups: mammals,
birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Each of which has certain characteristics.

Figure 1 .Classification of Vertebrates

Source: https://sites.google.com/a/westcta.ccsd.net/katmai-national-park-project/vertebrates
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Activity 1. What are vertebrates?

Directions: Read and study figure 2. Then answer the questions below. Write your answer
on your activity notebook.

Spinal column

Skeleton

Figure 2. Example of Vertebrate

Vertebrates are animals that have a spinal column and a skeleton

. formed from bones. The word comes from vertebrae, the bones that
make up spines.
The skeleton holds up and protects the body of an animal.
Vertebrates share some basic characteristics. A hollow backbone
and the cranium, or skull, protect the spinal cord and brain of most
vertebrates. All vertebrates reproduce by mating between males and
females.

QUESTIONS:
1. What are vertebrates?
2. Where do the word vertebrates come from?
3. What do vertebrate animals have in common?
4. What is the function of the skeleton in a vertebrate animal?
5. How do vertebrate animals reproduce?
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Activity 2 What Am I ?

Directions: Find out the different characteristics of animals around you. Answer each
riddle below. Choose the answer from the pictures. Write your answers on
your activity notebook.

Source: https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/search?filter=&search_param=all&query=vertebrates

1. I live in water and I have gills for breathing. My body is covered with scales.
I have fins that help me move and keep my balance. What am I?

2. I spend part of my life in water and part of my life on land. I have gills for breathing
but they will soon be replaced by a pair of lungs as I grow older. What am I?

3. I have lungs as the main organ of respiration and I have dry scaly skin.

4. I have wings for flying. My skeleton is made up of strong but light bones. I have legs
for walking or running.

5. I eat grass. I feed my young with milk. I have lungs for respiration and four legs for
walking or running
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What’s More
Activity 3. What are the group of vertebrates and its distinguishing
characteristics?

Directions: Read and study Figure 3, then answer the questions below. Write your
answer on your activity notebook.

THESE ARE THE FIVE GROUPS OF VERTEBRATES

Source: https://www.slideshare.net/anaruperez/vertebrates-8764046
Figure 3. Vertebrates and their distinguishing characteristics
Source : https://www.slideshare.net/anaruperez/vertebrates-8764046

QUESTIONS:
1. How many groups of vertebrates are there?
2. What are the five groups of vertebrates?
3. Give 2 examples to each group of vertebrates.
4. What are common to these vertebrates?
5. How do these vertebrate animals differ?

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Activity 4. Can You Describe Me?

Directions:Read each short paragraph. After reading, answer the questions by

completing the table below. Write your answer on your notebook.
1. What covers their body?
2. How do they move?
3. How do they breathe?

Hello kids! I am Mr. Kangaroo. I

belong to the sub-group called
mammals. Mammals have fur or
hair and mammary glands.
Actually, our group’s name
originated from the word mammary
although only the females produce
milk and feed their young. Most of
us mammals are developed inside
our mothers’ womb.
Source: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoot-me-
kangaroo-down-sport

Hi there, boys and girls! I am

Tweety. I usually fly because I have
wings . I also have legs for walking or
running. My body is covered with
feathers. I lay eggs with a hard shell.

Source: https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home

Hello kids I am Crocks.

I can also live in water because
of body structure. I have nostrils
 value at the back of my mouth
that prevents water from entering
the lungs when my mouth is
open. My thick dry scale body
covering can protect me against
harm and prevents loss of water.

Source:https://www.shutterstock.com/search/crocodile!

Do you know me? I am 6

Nemo. I belong to the fish
group. Among the
vertebrates, only fishes
breathe through gills so we
Source:
can live in water. Our
bodies are covered with
scales, which are suited to
our aquatic environment,
and our eyes are always
open.
https://animalhow.com/finding-nemo-fish-species-
real-life/

Source:https://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/frog.html?sti=nldwmeim44hslvvkxi|

What’s up kids? I’m Mr. Froggy, a frog. I

belong to the sub-group of amphibians. I usually
spend part of my life in water and part on land.
I hibernate in cold weather by burrowing in the
NAME OF ANIMALS WHAT COVERS ME? HOW DOorI MOVE?
ground HOW
in mud. Young DO I BREATHE?
amphibians breathe
through our gills but adult amphibians develop
1.Mr. Kangaroo
2. Tweety lungs in order to live on land.
3. Crocks
4. Nemo
5. Mr. Froggy

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 Activity 5 Know Me

Directions : Fill the empty box with the different characteristics of the
indicated subgroups of vertebrates. Write your answer on the
activity notebook.

What I Have Learned

ACTIVITY 5

Fill in each empty box with the different characteristics of the indicated subgroups of
vertebrates. Write your answer in attached activity sheet no. 5.
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Activity 6 : Know Me More 8

Directions: Identify the characteristics of the different vertebrates by

completing the
Chart using the following descriptions. Write your answer on the
activity notebook.

Classification - fish, bird, reptiles, amphibians, mammals

Body Covering - scales, hair, skin, feather

Movement - swim, walk and run, hop or jump, fly, crawl

ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION BODY MOVEMENT

COVERING
1. Lizard
2. Toad
3. Bat
4. Maya
5. Yellow Fin
Tuna
6. Crocodile
7. Horse
8. Carabao
9. Salamander
10. Chicken
Assessment:

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.

1. Which of these animals is a mammal?

a. Ape b. Chicken c. Parrot d. Ostrich

2. Which class of animal has skin with fur or hair, feeds their young with milk and maintains a
constant body temperature?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

3. Which class of animal has skin with feathers, lays eggs with a hard shell, has a beak and
maintains a constant body temperature?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. birds d. reptiles

4. To which group do chicken and ducks belong?

a. fish b. reptiles c. birds d. amphibians

5. My body is moist and smooth, I lay eggs, and live in or near the water. What am I?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

6. This group of animal is found only in water, has a changing body temperature, skin with
scales, breathes through gills and lays eggs without a shell.
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

7. Which of the following vertebrates are warm blooded?

a. fish and reptiles c birds and mammals
b. amphibians and reptiles d. amphibians and mammals

8. Which statement best describes the characteristics of fishes?

a. They live on land and in water.
b. They live in water and they have scales, fins and gills.
c. Their bodies are covered with dry scales and they crawl.
d. Their bodies have feathers and wings to keep them warm.

9. Why do whales belong to the group of mammals?

a. Whales have moist skin for breathing.
b. Whales have lungs and mammary glands.
c. Whales have feathers and wings for flying.
d. Whales have gills and fins for swimming.
 10. Snakes, turtles and lizards belong to reptiles because they have dry scales and they lay
eggs from which their offspring are hatched. Does a dog belong to this group?
a. Yes, Dogs belong to this group?
b. No, because it has hair or fur and mammary glands.
c. Yes, because it has dry scales, it laid eggs and crawl.
d. Yes, because it breathe through their lungs and crawl.

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Key to Answer

LESSON 1 The Vertebrates

ACTIVITY 1 : What are vertebrates?

1. Vertebrates are animals that have a spinal column and a skeleton formed from
bones.
2. Vertebrae
3. Vertebrate animals have a hollow backbone and cranium or skull.
4.The skeleton holds up and protect the body of an animal.
5. All vertebrates reproduce by mating between males and female.

ACTIVITY 2 : What Am I?

1. Fish 2. Frog 3. Snake 4. Bird / Eagle 5. Cow

ACTIVITY 3 : What are the Group of Vertebrates and its Distinguishing

Characteristics?

1. Five (5) groups

2. Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish
NAME OF ANIMALS WHAT COVERS ME? HOW DO I BREATHE? HOW DO I MOVE ?
3. Mammals ; horse, cow etc…
1.Mr. Kangaroo fur or
Birds: Parrot, Maya etc.. hair lungs walk ,jump
feathers lungs Walk, run, fly
ACTIVITY 4: Describe

ACTIVITY 5 : KNOW ME
ACTIVITY 6 KNOW ME MORE

ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION BODY COVERING MOVEMENT

1. Lizard Reptile Scales Crawl
2. Toad Amphibian Skin Hop or jump
3. Bat Mammal Skin Fly
4. Maya Bird Feather Fly
5. Yellow Fin Fish Scales Swim
Tuna
6. Crocodile Reptile Scales Crawl, swim
7. Horse Mammal Hair Walk, run.
jump
8. Carabao Mammal Hair Walk, run
9. Salamander Amphibian Skin Crawl
10. Chicken Bird Feather Walk, run, fly

Assessment:

1.A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. B 10. B

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REFERENCES

 https://kids.kiddle.co/Vertebrate

 https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/vertebrate/400295

 https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/330592428893232394/

 https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/shoot-me-kangaroo-down-sport/

 https://www.shutterstock.com/search/hen

 https://www.shutterstock.com/search/crocodile
 https://animalhow.com/finding-nemo-fish-species-real-life/

 https://www.123rf.com/stock-photo/frog.html?sti=nldwmeim44hslvvkxi |

 https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/search?filter=&search_param=all&query=vertebrates

 https://www.pinterest.ph/pin/330592428893232394/

 https://www.slideshare.net/anaruperez/vertebrates-8764046

 https://wikiclipart.com/fish- black-and-white-clipart_34729/

 http://clipart-library.com/black-and-white-cartoon-animals.html

 https://sites.google.com/a/westcta.ccsd.net/katmai-national-park-project/vertebrates

 http://clipart-library.com/picture-of-a-star.html

 https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/home
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