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    The document describes five groups of vertebrates: amphibians have moist skin and young with gills but adults with lungs who return to water to lay eggs; fish have fins, tails, gills and scales to live in water and lay eggs; reptiles have lungs, scaly skin, lay shelled eggs, and some live on land while others in water; birds have feathers, beaks, and lay hard-shelled eggs while some can fly; mammals have hair/fur, are warm-blooded, give live birth and feed milk to young except for two egg-laying species.

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    The document describes five groups of vertebrates: amphibians have moist skin and young with gills but adults with lungs who return to water to lay eggs; fish have fins, tails, gills and scales to live in water and lay eggs; reptiles have lungs, scaly skin, lay shelled eggs, and some live on land while others in water; birds have feathers, beaks, and lay hard-shelled eggs while some can fly; mammals have hair/fur, are warm-blooded, give live birth and feed milk to young except for two egg-laying species.

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    Science Revision Feb

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    The document describes five groups of vertebrates: amphibians have moist skin and young with gills but adults with lungs who return to water to lay eggs; fish have fins, tails, gills and scales to live in water and lay eggs; reptiles have lungs, scaly skin, lay shelled eggs, and some live on land while others in water; birds have feathers, beaks, and lay hard-shelled eggs while some can fly; mammals have hair/fur, are warm-blooded, give live birth and feed milk to young except for two egg-laying species.

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    Vertebrates

    Amphibians

    - Adult have lungs and moist skin to help them breathe on land
    - The young have gills to help them breathe in water
    - They are cold blooded
    - Most spend adults lives on land and return to water to lay eggs

    Fish

    - Their fins , tails nad streamlined bodies help them move in


    water
    - They have gills for breathing
    - They have scales on their skin for protection
    - They are cold blooded
    - Most reproduce by laying eggs

    Reptiles

    - They have lungs for breathing


    - They have dry scaly skin
    - They are cold blooded
    - They lay eggs with leathery shells which prevent them from
    drying up
    - Some live on land and some live in water

    Birds

    - They have beaks and wings but not all can fly
    - They have feathers
    - They are warm blooded
    - They lay eggs with hard shells
    Mammals

    - They are covered in hair or fur


    - Mothers feed their young milk produced from mammary glands
    - They are warm blooded
    - They give birth to live except the spiny ant eater and the
    duck-billed platypus

    Amphibians
    fish
    Reptiles
    Birds
    Mammals

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