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Vertebrates

Vertebrates. Vertebrates are animals with a backbone. Only 5-10% of animals are vertebrates on Earth, yet we are most familiar with them! Vertebrates have muscles , a digestive system, a respiratory system, a circulatory system and a nervous system.

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Vertebrates

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  1. Vertebrates Vertebrates are animals with a backbone. Only 5-10% of animals are vertebrates on Earth, yet we are most familiar with them! Vertebrates have muscles, a digestivesystem, a respiratorysystem, a circulatorysystem and anervoussystem. The characteristic that distinguishes vertebrates from other animals is the endoskeleton, or internal support system that grows along with the animal. Endoskeletons allow for more flexibilityand ways of moving than exoskeletons do.

  2. Mammals >5,000 species identified

  3. Mammals Characteristics • Hair during some point in life. • Hair has many functions, such as regulating body temperature or performing a particular function. Ex: Porcupines – Self defense • Teeth for consuming different kinds of food • Produce Milk • Endotherm (Warm-blooded) • This means they maintain a constant body temperature. To do this they use some to the food they consume to generate body heat.

  4. Mammals Reproduction • Monotremes • Mammals that lay eggs • Ex: Duck-billed platypus • Marsupials • Develop in a pouch • Ex: Kangaroo • Placental Mammals • A mammal that develops inside its mother's body until its body systems can function independently • Ex: Humans • Placental mammals give live birth • Placenta protects embryo and transports nutrients, water, and oxygen

  5. Mammals Special Adaptations • Hair: • Helps to maintain body temperature • Water resistant • Protection • Blubber: • Maintains body temperature • Energy storage

  6. Mammals EXAMPLES???

  7. Birds 10,000 species identified

  8. Birds

  9. Birds Characteristics • Feathers • Beak • Endotherm • This means they maintain a constant body temperature. To do this they use some to the food they consume to generate body heat. • 4 limbs ( a pair of scaly legs & a pair of wings) • Eggs have hard shells

  10. Birds • Adaptions to Reproduction • Eggs – • Laid in nests • Eggs are sat on by parents • Parents care for young

  11. Birds Special Adaptions • Hollow bones - lightweight for flight • Flight feathers - aid in flight • Endoskeleton - bones are fused together • Air Sacs & Lungs – allow birds to hold their breath as they fly

  12. Birds EXAMPLES • Flightless birds • Birds which lack the ability to fly, relying instead on their ability to run or swim. • Ex: Penguin • Water birds • refer to birds that live on or around water • Ex: Pelican • Birds of Prey • Birds that hunt for food primarily on the wing, using their keen senses, especially vision • Ex: Eagle • Song birds • Birds that have distinctive songs • Ex: Chickadee

  13. Fish 20,000 species identified

  14. Fish

  15. Fish Characteristics • Lives in water • Have gills • Remove oxygen from water and exchanges it for CO2 in fish’s blood • Lateral Lines • Sensory organ that allows fish to sense organisms near by • Swim Bladder • Allows fish to adjust how high or low it floats

  16. Fish Adaptions to Reproduction • Eggs - Laid in water & left to hatch on their own

  17. Fish Special Adaptations and Examples • Jawless Fish • Tube-like shape • Digestive system without the stomach • Ex: Lamprey • Cartilagenous Fish • No bones, flexible tissue called cartilage • Mouth on underside of body • Ex: Sharks • Bony Fish • 96% of fish are bony • Skeletons made of hard bone • Ex: Goldfish

  18. Reptiles <6,500 species identified

  19. Reptiles

  20. Reptiles Characteristics • Two pairs of legs (on some) • Ectotherm • Animals whose body temperature changes with environmental conditions • Tough, dry skin covered by scales • Have lungs • Obtains oxygen through respiratory organ (lungs) • Sensory organs adapted for land • Lay eggs with shells on land

  21. Reptiles Adaptation for Reproduction • Eggs - • Laid on land. • Parents dig or build a nest for the eggs • Some guard eggs/ others leave • Young look like little adults

  22. Reptiles Special Adaptations • Skin – thick waterproof scales to protect them • Eggs with shells - allows them to survive in hot, dry environments

  23. Reptiles EXAMPLES??? • Turtles & Tortoises • Lizards & Snakes • Crocodiles & Alligators • Tuatara • Not a lizard, found in New Zealand, lived with the dinosaurs!!

  24. Amphibians ~5,500 species identified

  25. Amphibians Characteristics • Two pairs of legs (4 limbs) • Ectotherm • Obtain CO2 through smooth, moist skin • Many have lungs • Sensory organs adapted for land

  26. Amphibians Adaptations to Reproduction • Eggs – • Laid in water & hatch on their own. • Life Cycle – 1. Egg 2. Larva 3. Tadpole 4. Frog

  27. Amphibians Special Adaptations and Examples Skin – respiratory organ that only functions when wet • Frogs & Toads • Salamanders, Newts & Mudpuppies • Caecilians- worm-like amphibian

  28. Amphibians EXAMPLES???

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