Different Types of Animals

1. Vocabulary • Live on land, at sea, in the air and underground • Are warm blooded • Have either fur or hair • Give Birth to live young (rather than laying eggs) • Eat many kinds of foods---plants, meat, fish, insects • Although most live in groups, some mammals would rather live alone such as the woodchuck warm blooded: to maintain a warm body temperature cold-blooded: their body temperature depends on their environment gills: a respiratory organ of most aquatic animals bill: allows birds to catch fish, crack seeds, etc. vertebrates: have a backbone http://seerpress.com/another-%E2%80%9Clost-amphibian%E2%80%9D-rediscovered/5007/ Different Types of Animals http://www.learning-graph.com/look-and-tell.htm Mammals http://www.manywallpapers.com/animals-wallpapers/birds/beautiful-bird_5.html http://mammalsfacts.com/ By Amanda Sterletske October 5th http://kids.yahoo.com/animals/mammals/

2. Birds Fish • Live in different bodies of water • Have thin muscular bodies • Arecold-blooded • Most fish breath using gills • There are three classes of fish… • 1. Class Agnatha(jawless fish): these fish have no jaws • 2. Class Chondrichthyes(cartilaginous fish): these fish have a body made out of cartilage • 3. Class Osteichyes(bony fish): these fish have a body made of all bone. Most fish are boney fish. • Known for their ability to fly • Have feathers that serve many functions for the bird such as, • 1. allowing the bird to fly • 2. provide protection • 3. provide waterproofing and insulation to keep them warm. • Are vertebrates • Spend part of their lives living underwater and the remainder on land • Are cold-blooded • There are three orders of amphibians… • Urodeles(newts and salamanders • Anurans (frogs and toads) • Caecilians(worm-like gymnophiones:has a long snake like body) Amphibians • Reproduce by laying eggs • Birds do not have teeth. They have what is called a bill • The largest of all birds is the ostrich. http://animals.about.com/od/birds/a/tenfactsbirds.htm http://www.enchantedlearning.com/coloring/amphibians.shtml http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/