Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
Invertebrates
SC standards: 6-3.1 Compare the characteristic
structures of invertebrate animals (including sponges,
segmented worms, echinoderms, mollusks, and
arthropods) and vertebrate animals (fish amphibians,
reptiles, birds and mammals)
Vertebrates
ANIMALS WITH A BACKBONE!
Shared characteristics of vertebrates:
Backbone
Protective skin covering
Inside skeleton
Muscles
Blood that circulates through blood vessels
Lungs or gills for breathing
Vertebrate- Fish
Have backbones
Cold-blooded
(ectothermic)
Obtain oxygen in
water through gills
Most lay eggs
Have scales
Have fins
Live in water
Vertebrate- Amphibians
Have backbones
Cold-blooded (ectothermic)
Can breathe in water with
gills early in life and breathe
on land with lungs as adults
Lay jelly-like eggs
Major groups are frogs,
toads, and salamanders
Vertebrate- Reptiles
Have backbones
Cold-blooded (ectothermic)
Breathe with lungs
Most lay eggs
In some reptiles the eggs hatch inside the
mother
Have scales or plates
Vertebrates- Mammals
Have backbones
Warm-blooded (endothermic)
Breathe with lungs
Have babies that are born alive
Have fur or hair
Produce milk to feed their young
Vertebrates- Birds
Have backbones
Are warm-blooded (endothermic)
Breathe with lungs
Lay eggs
Have feathers
Have a beak
Two wings
Two feet
Invertebrates- Sponges
Invertebrates- Echinoderms
Similar parts
(arms) that
extend from the
middle body
outwards
They have tube
feet and spines
Examples:
starfish, brittle
stars, sea
cucumbers, or
sea urchins
Invertebrates- Arthropods
Have jointed legs
Live on land and in water
Have hard outer
coverings called exoskeletons
Have segmented bodies
and some have wings
Examples: insects,
spiders, and crustaceans
Invertebrates- Mollusks
Have soft bodies
Most have a thick muscular
foot for movement or to open
and close their shells
Live in salt or fresh water
or on land
Some have shells
Examples: snails, clams
and octopi